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7 Jul 2011, 6:49 am
Indeed, most historians believe it was Aristotle who first used the term katharsis when discussing the importance of Greek tragedies, which often contained violent overtones and action. [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 7:19 am
” Russell Overton, who was convicted only after the jury had told the trial court that it was hopelessly deadlocked and taken dozens of votes, contends that this is especially true in his case, given what he describes as “the substantial weaknesses in the government’s case against” him. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:25 am
The possibility of giving offense and provoking violence has entered the imagination of curators, publishers and the public at large, generating more and more incidents of preemptive self-censorship: in 2006, for instance, London’s Whitechapel Gallery declared twelve works by Surrealist master Hans Bellmer too dangerous to exhibit because of fears that the sexual overtones would be offensive to the large Muslim population in the area; and publisher Random House canceled… [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 11:25 am
" Nor the Court's longest serving woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the one who as a powerful advocate before the Court almost single-handedly (yes, I'm exaggerating, but not all that much) forced it to confront and begin to redress discrimination against women.Sonia Sotomayor, on the other hand and joined by Elena Kagan, dissented.Today the Court denies review of a death sentence marred by racial overtones and a record compromised bymisleading remarks and omissions made by the… [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 5:40 am
On social media, what is known as the Overton Window of mainstream political debate has not so much been pushed out as kicked in. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 11:51 am
The four other defendants were Timothy Catlett, Russell Overton, Levy Rouse and Kelvin Smith. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 10:00 pm
The possibility of giving offense and provoking violence has entered the imagination of curators, publishers and the public at large, generating more and more incidents of preemptive self-censorship: in 2006, for instance, London’s Whitechapel gallery declared twelve works by Surrealist master Hans Bellmer too dangerous to exhibit because of fears that the sexual overtones would be offensive to the large Muslim population in the area; and publisher Random House canceled… [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 2:42 pm
People would dress in their “Sunday Best” to show respect for the court and the law – feel free to extrapolate some religious overtones from this tradition, as well. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 8:21 pm
Overton, Louisiana State University 9:45 a.m. [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 3:43 am
*As has been recently noted, “hysteria” is a sexist word, although a common word used without gender overtones for the past few centuries. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 4:13 am
And the immigration system is constantly handling deportation and removal cases with national security overtones. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 8:02 am
Those questions lie silently behind a Wall Street Journal article with surprisingly populist overtones: A City Feels the Squeeze in the Age of Mega Banks (Actually, there is a mega bank; conforming to my Law of entity-Naming Inverse Geography – companies with big places in their names are little, and vice versa – it’s a new Chinese-American bank in San Gabriel, California. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 9:32 pm
Overton County Sch. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 6:16 pm
Moreover, contributors themselves are a pretty rarefied group: Spencer Overton found that "Less than one percent of the U.S. population makes financial contributions over $200 to federal candidates. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 3:45 am
A civil case with heavy criminal overtones is Connick v. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 7:04 am
Overton (05-7142). [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 3:54 am
While her criticisms are sound, they are still framed within the Overton Window of Pedagogy, accepting the basic notion that literature that has withstood the test of time, has proven itself worthy of standing out among the millions of tomes written as the handful worthy of teaching students who aspire to take their place as educated adults some day. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 11:25 am
" Nor the Court's longest serving woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the one who as a powerful advocate before the Court almost single-handedly (yes, I'm exaggerating, but not all that much) forced it to confront and begin to redress discrimination against women.Sonia Sotomayor, on the other hand and joined by Elena Kagan, dissented.Today the Court denies review of a death sentence marred by racial overtones and a record compromised bymisleading remarks and omissions made by the… [read blog]
26 Apr 2011, 9:00 pm
I should note that it's an open secret that what's going on here is an example of the Overton window. [read post]
17 Feb 2006, 9:40 am
For example, under the heading ‘The area of discretion' Koopmans refers to the theory of ‘Ermessen' (Germany), the Barel-decision of the Conseil d'Etat (France), the decision of the Supreme Court in Overton Park (United States), and Wednesbury unreasonableness (United Kingdom). [read post]
