Contempt

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Friday August 13, 2010 · 11:59 AM PDT

2010/08/13 · 11:59

–noun

the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

the state of being despised; dishonor; disgrace.

Law .

a. willful disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or orders of a court (contempt of court) or legislative body.
b. an act showing such disrespect.

Contempt.

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Monday August 09, 2010 · 4:59 PM PDT

2010/08/09 · 16:59

With the release last week of the decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, there has been an inordinate amount of interest in the question of marriage equality, which may now be on its way to the Ninth Circuit and, quite possibly, the United States Supreme Court. But while marriage is important, it is not the only developing area of litigation. Let's take a brief look at some other developments in state and federal courts related to "marriage lite," or gay and lesbian relationship recognition (and a brief aside on parenting).

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Saturday August 07, 2010 · 7:10 PM PDT

2010/08/07 · 19:10

Last week, President Obama began a month long campaign "to remind an American electorate fatigued by war that the U.S. military effort in Iraq is about to enter its end game." The "end game" includes the withdrawal of "combat troops," but the continuing presence of approximately 50,000 troops labeled a "transition force" by the administration or, alternatively, "advisory and assistance brigades."

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Tuesday July 27, 2010 · 2:37 PM PDT

2010/07/27 · 14:37

At the most general level, however, ethnic cleansing can be understood as the expulsion of an "undesirable" population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these.

A Brief History of Ethnic Cleansing, by Andrew Bell-Fialkoff, author of Ethnic Cleansing, from a Summer 1993 Foreign Affairs article.

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Friday July 23, 2010 · 8:32 PM PDT

2010/07/23 · 20:32

Just under two months after wading into the "culture wars" with his vote against a possible repeal of the military ban on openly gay soldiers, Senator Webb has once again demonstrated his penchant for "third way" triangulation, coming out against "unfair" government programs to help non-black people of color in today's contribution to the Wall Street Journal, "Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege."

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 1:57 PM PDT

2010/07/16 · 13:57

Imagine if a foreign leader claimed the ability to control the American government, responsibility for breaking down a decade of peace negotiations and a future intention to negotiate in bad faith. What would the appropriate American response be?

If that foreign leader was a right wing leader from Israel, the appropriate reaction is apparently a White House visit.

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Tuesday June 29, 2010 · 3:07 PM PDT

2010/06/29 · 15:07

One day after the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project The Electronic Intifada released leaked documents showing that "[t]he Palestinian Authority attempted to neutralize a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israel's deadly attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla." The Fateh-dominated Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank, is the favored negotiating partner of the United States and Israel. Hamas, a "foreign terrorist organization," remains beyond the pale as a negotiating partner

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Sunday June 27, 2010 · 1:47 PM PDT

2010/06/27 · 13:47

On Thursday, June 24, I happened to catch a segment of Neil Conan's Talk of the Nation, an interview with director Oliver Stone about his new documentary, South of the Border, which, in his words, is a film "about South America," specifically the rise of UNASUR, or the Union of South American Nations. Stone addresses quite a few topics, including Iran and the development of "a very strong and good antidote to our policies" there.

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Saturday June 19, 2010 · 10:11 PM PDT

2010/06/19 · 22:11

This is the position taken by the United States Department of State, on an issue of a foreign state's policy. The matter concerns violence, state sovereignty, a refugee crisis and the possibility of ethnic cleansing. The State Department has welcomed an internal investigation by the foreign government in question, but has called for a more "credible" "international investigation," presumably under the auspices of the United Nations.

Of course, the State Department is not talking about Israel.

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Thursday June 17, 2010 · 9:12 AM PDT

2010/06/17 · 09:12

Two days ago, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or ICTR, sent a Note Verbale to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Government of Rwanda, objecting to the incarceration and prosecution of Professor C. Peter Erlinder, a law school professor at William Mitchell and a defense attorney representing several individuals facing charges at the ICTR.

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Thursday June 10, 2010 · 4:00 PM PDT

2010/06/10 · 16:00

The recent flotilla massacre committed in international waters has called attention to larger issues that impact the relations between Israel and Turkey. One of these issues is the Armenian genocide. Four professors, three in Israel and one in the United States, have called on the State of Israel to officially recognize the Armenian genocide after years of refusing to do so.

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Sunday June 06, 2010 · 6:34 PM PDT

2010/06/06 · 18:34

Conservative commentators have a habit of bemoaning our "culture of entitlement." The reasons for this critique vary; some feel that this "culture of entitlement" results in dependence on the government, while others are opposed on more pragmatic grounds, like cost control and deficit reduction. Whatever their reason for opposing it, conservatives are opposed to the development of any social norm whereby individuals or groups of individuals come to see the provision of certain goods as an unqualified right.

Social norms are interesting creatures. We encounter social norms every day; indeed, they are the dos and don’ts of our daily life. Children are acculturated according to social norms. They can range from serious and fundamental societal commands ("thou shalt not kill") to comparatively inconsequential or even potentially problematic habits, such as the gendered expectation that men hold open doors for women as they enter a room.

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