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15 Sep 2010, 2:40 am
Seanna and I watched Gary Hustwit’s documentary film about the Helvetica font on the weekend. It’s led me to pose the question, “What’s your font of choice for formal legal argument?”
The movie explains that, aside from being ubiquitous, Helvetica is modern, minimalistic and neutral. I like it for formal legal advocacy for two reasons. One, I feel it’s a good “empty vessel” though which I can impose my own meaning without a font signaling something “off message.” Two, I’ve… [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 8:49 am
I know, at least at my law school, students are afraid of trial advocacy. Maybe they’ve heard that it’s a ton of work, or maybe they’re just reluctant to speak in public in front of other attorneys, judges, and their classmates.
The fact of the matter is that even if you’re not planning on litigating, effectively communicating your thoughts is a skill that will be useful to you. Unless you plan on locking yourself in a room until you die, it will likely benefit you to be able to stand… [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 1:36 pm
Political pundits are already warning President Barack Obama and members of Congress not to spend too much time basking in their Nov. 6 victories. Beginning next week, Congress and the White House will start the tough negotiations to deal with the process of sequestration, which is the cancellation of budgetary resources.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 will impose across-the-board cuts of approximately 8.2 percent to education and other domestic programs in FY2013 unless Congress intervenes by Jan.… [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 4:45 pm
David Cassuto
From the props desk:
Top 101 Blogs to Inspire You To Protect Endangered Species. Look for us therein.
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11 Jun 2011, 5:17 am
David Cassuto
Good article in GOOD Magazine on environmentalism and industrial agriculture featuring an interview w/me.
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19 Apr 2011, 6:32 pm
David Cassuto
Between Kathleen and me, we’ve taken up a lot of blawgwidth on the wolf issue and yet there’s so much more to be said. Here’s my bid to bring it into the mainstream media.
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10 Mar 2010, 7:22 am
David Cassuto
Our hero is off to Santos, south of Sao Paulo, to participate in a congress on biofuels. I will speak about the tangled relationship between biofuels, climate change and factory-farming. I’m interested to see the reactions.
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13 Jun 2010, 7:23 am
David Cassuto
Christopher Stone, author of the seminal 1972 law review article, Should Trees Have Standing, takes on the issue of standing for nonhuman animals. Stone writes with characteristic eloquence about something that — while it may sound legally arcane – could well be the single most important issue in animal law today.
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29 Sep 2010, 1:24 pm
David Cassuto
In keeping with my earlier promise to highlight well-argued pieces on both sides of the veganism debate, here is a piece by former vegan and author George Monbiot, which explains why he has now concluded that meat-eating (not, however, the factory farm system) is ok. There have been a number of thoughtful responses to Monbiot. Here is one and here’s another.
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20 May 2010, 8:32 am
Madison got its first bike box this week. The box, painted red and made out of material that is supposed to weather the winter, is located near Willy St. and John Nolen Drive downtown.Photo by Craig Schreiner/State Journal The point is to allow bikers to get in front of cars at a light so the cars see them and don't turn right into the bikers etc. The bright red color also alerts drivers that something is different in the area and hopefully will keep them on the lookout for bikers and pedestrians. [read post]
5 Jun 2010, 11:46 am
David Cassuto
Pesticides nearly wiped out the brown pelican during the 1960s. With great care and lots of luck, the species recovered from the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to BP and our national petroleum addiction, it’s back.
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13 Jan 2012, 11:51 am
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13 Sep 2012, 4:56 pm
Spencer Lo My last post explored the ethics of consuming “happy meat,” which was prompted by Nicholas Kristof’s recent NYT article on the matter—with great enthusiasm, he endorsed it as an ethical alternative to the consumption of factory-farmed animals. I attempted to show why this view is deeply mistaken by briefly sketching an argument from [...] [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 6:27 pm
Theologia Papadelias Recently, beekeepers have been observing unusually high losses of honey bees. This phenomenon has been termed, “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD). The mysterious onset of decline in the honey bee population has been linked with the following causes: viruses, fungi, pathogens, parasites, and pesticides. Researchers also believe that bees are more susceptible to CCD [...] [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 2:07 pm
David Cassuto So here we have a device (which sells for £2,500 - or roughly $4,400) that kills lobsters almost instantly by electrocution rather than forcing them to endure the 3-4 agonizing minutes they typically spend being boiled or roasted alive. Is this a step forward? Will it lead to more lobster consumption - a prospect fraught with ethical and environmental complications - or will it simply ease the agony of those already destined for dinner plates? In short, this issue is a microcosm of… [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 2:07 pm
David Cassuto So here we have a device (which sells for £2,500 - or roughly $4,400) that kills lobsters almost instantly by electrocution rather than forcing them to endure the 3-4 agonizing minutes they typically spend being boiled or roasted alive. Is this a step forward? Will it lead to more lobster consumption - a prospect fraught with ethical and environmental complications - or will it simply ease the agony of those already destined for dinner plates? In short, this issue is a microcosm of… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 6:38 am
A little over a year ago, I postulated on the the psychology behind today's economy. The old economy, I said, was personified in the classic "Greed is good" speech by Gordon Gekko as played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 Oliver Stone classic, Wall Street. Gekko returns in Stone's sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It's different this time. Today's economy is made up of people that Jay Suhr calls "The Cautionary Generation". You'll have to wait until September 24 to see the movie, but you can… [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 6:47 pm
The Self-Promotion Desk is back on the job. Our hero is featured on this week’s podcast from the wonderful folks over at Our Hen House! We discuss all kinds of cool stuff — from Brazil to the friction between enviro and animal advocates, to teaching animal law. Get it, download, it, tell all your friends.
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17 Jun 2010, 2:13 pm
David Cassuto
Our hero´s dance card is looking pretty full. I will be teaching a short course on animal law here at FGV Direito Rio next week. Tell all your friends.
Before I do that, however, I will go to Salvador tomorrow to spend a few days talking about animal and environmental law with the good people at the Federal University of Bahia — the same folks who are hosting an international conference on bioethics and animal rights this summer.
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16 Oct 2012, 7:41 am
Andrew C. Revkin x-post from Dot Earth Rhinoceros populations from Asia through Africa are plummeting in the face of burgeoning illicit trade in their horns, much of it driven by myths promoted by criminal smuggling syndicates and targeting the new wealthy in China and Vietnam. The Green blog and Dot Earth have explored these issues, but it’s worth a [...] [read post]