The Sacramento Bee, May 17, 2009 by Elisabeth Semel
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/v-print/story/1866190.html
For decades, Democratic and Republican candidates for governor in California have stepped over each other to prove their capital punishment credentials. But public support for the death penalty has dropped dramatically in this state. When money is in short supply here, we would be well served if courage and leadership were not.
The New York Times, May 17, 2009 by Eric Lichtblau
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/us/17kagan.html?pagewanted=print
“There were some important issues on which Elena took centrist or even center-right positions, but it was never clear whether she was pressing her own views or merely carrying water for her boss on the Domestic Policy Council, Bruce Reed,” said Christopher Edley Jr., who worked with Ms. Kagan at the White House…. “Regardless,” Mr. Edley said, “everyone admired her brilliance and effectiveness. She’d be a real force on the court.”
KQED-FM, The California Report, May 15, 2009 by Kathryn Baron
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R905151630/e
For this mission, Massimino has packed a small cash of objects that holds deep meaning for him. He has a family photo, school mementos and this Catholic man who grew up on long island is carrying a Mezuzah; a symbol of the Jewish faith…. Massimino is carrying this Mezuzah in honor of Astronaut Ilan Ramon, whose parents were Holocaust survivors.
Google Tech Talks Channel, May 11, 2009 by Charles Halpern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39MA0j512n4&feature=channel_page
“The idea of wisdom has sunk from view in American culture. You hardly hear the word in places of higher education; it’s slipped off the curricular agenda…. There was a time in recent memory when wisdom was thought to be the most important quality that a lawyer could possess. And yet wisdom is not discussed, it’s not taught, it’s not engaged.”
Nature News, April 22, 2009 by Monya Baker
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090419/full/458962a.html
With more and more methods being published, the intellectual-property situation is “more complicated than for human embryonic stem cells by an order of magnitude,” says Ken Taymor, director of the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy in California.
Internetnews.com, May 15, 2009 by David Needle
http://www.internetnews.com/webcontent/article.php/3820531/Consumers+Left+in+the+Dark+on+Net+Privacy.htm
“Consent is a trap,” said Chris Hoofnagle, Director of Information Privacy Programs at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. “It’s more than notices and opt-in and opt-out,” he said, adding that details like how a consumer’s information might be used isn’t always made clear, nor how long it might be kept. “Do these things protect consumers? I’m not so sure,” he said. “It’s got to the point that the medium itself is poisoned and consumers feel unsure about being tracked online.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15, 2009 by Jennifer Howard
http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i36/36a01201.htm
“People I’ve talked to have been pretty confused about it, and they don’t know how to properly assess the pros and cons,” she told me. “Academics have a lot of things they’d rather do than wade through a couple hundred pages” of legalese.
Contra Costa Times, May 15, 2009 by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nationandworld/ci_12380542
At Boalt Hall School of Law next door, some graduates are being offered new fellowships to help weather the unprecedented rough spot in the legal industry. Although public-interest jobs appear to be toughest to come by, large firms also are suffering, said Dean Christopher Edley. “There’s still a lot of anxiety because folks still don’t know where the bottom is, so they’re reluctant to make hiring commitments,” he said. “We’ve definitely seen our graduating students having to work harder to find a job they’re happy with.”
The Huffington Post.com, May 15, 2009 by Thomas B. Edsall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/15/the-new-york-times-and-th_n_203807.html?view=print
If the assets were put up for sale while in bankruptcy proceedings, “the family would have difficulty disregarding the highest bidder” in favor of a bidder considered a stronger proponent of the journalistic values maintained by the family.
San Jose Mercury News, May 13, 2009 by Michael Torrice
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12363638
The health care debate has happened largely behind closed doors in Washington without public discussions about policies’ advantages and disadvantages, said Ann O’Leary, executive director of the University of California-Berkeley’s Center on Health, Economic and Family Security. O’Leary believes politicians need to start discussing plans with the public. “A lot of this work could be undone without educating the public and growing public support,” she said.