Thursday, July 06, 2006
Amnesty Int’l Considering Adding Abortion to Roster (05:49 PM) - Peter Spiro, writing at Opinio Juris provides some details and (if I am not reading too much into his post) some support….
Calderon Victorious in Mexico, Continued. (04:20 PM) - Felipe Calderon is the official winner of Mexico’s presidential election….
“The death of Mr. Lay in all likelihood will render the government’s hard-fought victory null.” (01:53 PM) - The New York Times reports on the death of Kenneth Lay and chooses the above to summarize the import of his untimely death, the words of a former federal prosecutor. Mark me down with Tory Fodder, who comments, “Death did…
Headline of the Day (01:25 PM) - AFP: “Putin compares stomach kiss incident to stroking a cat” Vladimir Putin was walking through the Kremlin last week, the full posse behind, and happened upon a small boy fully foreign to him. So Vladimir Putin stopped, countenanced the strange…
“Let’s ensure a level playing field and treat as equals each Dartmouth alumnus seeking a seat on the Board.” (12:49 PM) - In the pages of The Dartmouth this morn, alum Tim Dreisbach, who has long been involved in alumni affairs, argues against passage of the proposed constitution, upon which all alumni can vote starting September 15. The article makes a special…
Marriage Ruling in Georgia, Too (11:28 AM) - Rejecting a lower court’s legal reasoning, the Supreme Court in Georgia has reversed in a technical, not substantive, challenge to that state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. The lower court had accepted arguments that the ban was illegally enacted because…
Japan Gives the Expedite Order (10:34 AM) - Is there any remaining doubt that Kim Jong-il’s decision to recklessly launch a series of not-entirely-controllable missiles as a “test” has caused wide-ranging destabilization in the arena? First Taiwan announces its planned test of a medium-range missile, and now Japan’s…
New York Court Rules Against Gay Marriage (10:30 AM) - The State of New York’s ultimate appeals court—surprisingly, I think, being as the pro gay marriage movement had looked forward to this ruling with optimism—rejected arguments in favor of gay marriage this morning, ceding to New Yorkers the right to…
Taiwan to Test Fire A China-Capable Missile (08:38 AM) - This announcement is probably destabilizing, although it is difficult to dismiss the beauty of this small island’s continued willingness to flout one of the world’s most powerful nations—and one which claims, but is unwilling to fight for, a Taiwan under…
Kim the Dunce (08:05 AM) - Scott Ott: “The United Nations Security Council, outraged at this week’s missile tests by a nuclear-capable North Korea, takes up debate today on a resolution to sanction that nation’s dictator with ‘one minute of time-out for each missile launched.’” If…
Yale Listens to Yale (06:55 AM) - It is so often said and so easily ignored that the president of a university, while he is fully expected to lead uniquely, strongly, and passionately, is still mere steward of an institution created and underwritten by everyone who is…