[This is a version of a letter I sent to the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property today to call attention to various discrepancies in the proposed witness list, especially the presence of the Pirate Party at a hearing at the world’s greatest deliberative body. [read post]

The Case Against The Death Penaltyby Hugo Adam Bedau --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ContentsPrefaceIntroductionDeterrenceUnfairnessInevitability of ErrorBarbarityRetributionFinancial CostsPublic OpinionAbolition TrendsFor Further Information & ReferenceNotes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PrefaceHugo Adam Bedau is Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. [read post]

CSIS expert John Larsen will join Roger Aines, senior scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Erin Burns, director of policy at Carbon180 and Cathy Macdonald, North America natural climate solutions director at the Nature Conservancy, to discuss technological and nature-based solutions for atmospheric carbon removal and storage. [read post]

Bailey, Kristin L. [read post]

National/Federal As Trump Leans into Attacks on Mail Voting, GOP Officials Confront Signs of Republican Turnout Crisis Washington Post – Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey | Published: 8/3/2020 Multiple public surveys show a growing divide between Democrats and Republicans about the security of voting by mail, with Republicans saying they are far less likely to trust it in November. [read post]