http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan Just another WSO Blogs weblog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:40:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mainstream Media (tags: Media) http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/07/04/links-for-2008-07-04/ General Election Commission of Mongolia (?????????? ??????? ?????) (tags: Mongolia Elections) Ulaana in Mongolia (tags: Mongolia) Beyond the Golden Way: Between Siberia and the Great Wall, but still on the Internet. (tags: Mongolia) Newswire.mn (tags: Mongolia) "Traffic incident gives insight into Russia's corrupt legal system" [Times of London] (tags: Corruption Moscow) CeaseFire: The Campaign to STOP the Shooting (tags: Crime_and_Punishment) "Need Press? ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/07/03/links-for-2008-07-03/ "The dying art of the knuckleball" [Sports Illustrated] Boston's Tim Wakefield, a 16-year veteran, is the only true knuckleballer in MLB Tim McCarver said trying to hit it is like "trying to catch a butterfly with tweezers." The knuckle has little margin for error. One mistake and it could result in a ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/07/02/links-for-2008-07-02/ [Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics in Legal Writing (tags: Judiciary) "What's Colorless and Tasteless And Smells Like . . . Money?" [Washington Post] Good profile of an industry built on the sheer stupidity of the American consumer. (tags: Water) "Eye on the Universe: The cosmic drama, as seen ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/07/01/links-for-2008-07-01/ "A Touch of Crude" [Mother Jones] American bankers handled his loot. Oil companies play by his rules. The Bush administration woos him. How the pursuit of oil is propping up the West African dictatorship of Teodoro Obiang. (tags: Equatorial_Guinea) "Finding the Beat of Chicago’s Latino Quarter" [New York Times] (tags: Chicago) "The United States Army ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/30/links-for-2008-06-30/ "An Attack That Came Out of the Ether: Scholar Looks for First Link in E-Mail Chain About Obama" [Washington Post] (tags: Internet_Phenomena) "The Least Green Country On Earth: What happens when environmental weakness, poverty and poor governance collide." [Newsweek] (tags: Niger) http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/29/links-for-2008-06-29/ One Post Wonder: A Collection of Amazing Blogs that Have One Post (tags: Blogging) Sabra Price Is Right (tags: SNL) "The Changing Face of Bhutan: As the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom cautiously opens itself to the world, traditionalists fear for its unique culture " [Smithsonian Magazine] (tags: Bhutan) Business Models on the Web (tags: Entrepreneurship) "Should You Invest ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/28/links-for-2008-06-28/ "The Sensitive Reporter" [YouTube] (tags: Almost_Live) "World Disasters Report 2008 - Focus on HIV and AIDS" [Red Cross Red Crescent] (tags: AIDS) "National Intelligence Assessment on the National Security Implications of Global Climate Change to 2030" [House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence & House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming] (tags: Global_Warming) http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/27/links-for-2008-06-27/ "After 15 Years, Hints of Peace in Burundi" [New York Times] (tags: Burundi) "Eyeing tourism, Haiti battles its violent reputation: Once a popular destination, it sees few tourists despite UN data that indicate country is among the region's safest." [Christian Science Monitor] (tags: Haiti) "The Age of Scarcity" [CIBC World Markets] (tags: Macroeconomics) "Who Killed the ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/26/links-for-2008-06-26/ "Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned" [Nation] (tags: Media) "Carbon is the next gold: Consultants and financiers scramble to stake their claim in the trillion-dollar carbon market" [Plenty Magazine] (tags: Capital_Markets) Intern's Guide to Surviving Don Young's Office (tags: House) "An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring in the Department of Justice Honors Program and Summer ... http://wso.williams.edu/blogs/alan/2008/06/25/links-for-2008-06-25/