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7 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm
National/Federal Aides Weigh Resignations, Removal Options as Trump Rages Against Perceived Betrayals MSN – Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris, and Ashley Parker (Washington Post) | Published: 1/7/2021 President Trump was ensconced in the White House residence, raging about perceived betrayals, as an array of top aides weighed resigning and some senior administration officials began conversations about invoking the 25th Amendment – an extraordinary measure that would remove… [read post]
3 Jan 2021, 6:03 am
These include the difficulties of disease prevention involving handwashing and the like in the face of water shortages, the difficulties of food and other shortage on social distancing regimes; the collapse of the non-state sector; and the emergence of other sustainability issues).Raul's Reforms: What Was Accomplished, What Remains to Be Done to Unlock the Cuban Economy Jorge Perez-Lopez, International Economics Consultant … [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 6:30 am
For the Balkinization Symposium on Alexander Keyssar, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 4:03 pm
In 2019 scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that sunlight breaks down polystyrene in ocean water over a period as short as decades. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 4:19 am
They faced problems: Do we skip paying the water or electricity bill? [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 3:00 am
Ex-Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Charged in Border Wall Scheme Associated Press News – Larry Neumeister, Colleen Long, and Jill Colvin | Published: 8/20/2020 Federal prosecutors arrested Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, and three other men they alleged defrauded hundreds of thousands of donors using a crowdfunding campaign that was advertised as raising money to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal America’s Governors Get Tested for a Virus That Is Testing Them New York Times – Manny Fernandez, Rick Rojas, Shawn Huber, and Mike Baker | Published: 7/13/2020 Governors have always been judged on their disaster responses, but the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the country these days does not recede like floodwaters and cannot be tamed by calling out the National Guard. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 4:51 am
Two of the three involve family-owned companies, where naturally there tends to be less adherence to formalities, which reminds me of a wonderful quote in a paper by the late, great Larry Ribstein (read here) in which, commenting on the family origins of partnerships, he wrote: The earliest small firms were partnerships, which began as intimate, usually family, relationships. [read post]
12 Jul 2020, 11:48 am
And today, in the most significant source of human exposure, lead still enters drinking water primarily through lead containing pipes and fixtures as I wrote about in an earlier post, Government to Allow Less Lead in Drinking Water. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 3:03 am
As You Sow had three majority-supported 2020 “materiality” proposals that called for reports on “material human capital risks”, as well as successful settlements for similar proposals and proposals on material water management risks; and SASB’s continuing work on possible revisions to its standards, including research on human capital management across its 77 industries. [read post]
9 May 2020, 6:08 pm
It's much more like turning off the water to your garden to kill the weeds. [read post]
1 May 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Democrats Press General Services Administration Over Trump Hotel Payments Greenwich Time – Jonathan O’Connell, David Fahrenthold, and Joshua Partlow (Washington Post) | Published: 4/24/2020 Congressional Democrats are pressing the General Services Administration for information about President Trump’s District of Columbia hotel lease after Trump’s company said it asked the federal government to include it in any accommodations it may make for private… [read post]
12 Apr 2020, 8:35 am
For our second interview, Larry Catá Backer spoke of COVID-19 and meaning making. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 7:31 pm
The organizers now invite interested participants to register for the Webinar Conference/Roundtable: COVID-19 and International Affairs now scheduled for 17 April 2020 from 9.30 am - 12.30 pm US East Coast Time. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 7:08 am
He and a then-brand new junior faculty member named Larry Tribe co-authored in 1971 one of the first environmental law casebooks in the country. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 6:37 am
On the proxy statement that day was a shareholder resolution requesting that the company publicly report on climate-related water risks to its business according to Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Bloomberg Would Sell Business Interests If Elected President AP News – Kathleen Ronayne | Published: 2/19/2020 Michael Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created if he is elected president, adviser Tim O’Brien said. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 8:12 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2019)To the ends of advancing the study of New Era Thought along more useful lines, the Coalition for Peace and Ethics has undertaken a study of Chinese New Era Thought, of which these posts form a part. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal 6 Million Democratic Donors Gave $1 Billion in 2019 Through ActBlue, Officials Say Washington Post – Michelle Ye Hee Lee | Published: 1/9/2020 Democratic small-dollar donors gave $1 billion through the online fundraising platform ActBlue in 2019, highlighting the explosion of online giving on the left heading into the presidential election year. [read post]
