Day archives: December 27th, 2018

Opinion – Yes, Bill Barr’s Memo Really is Wrong About Obstruction of Justice

Lawfare, By Daniel J. Hemel, Eric A. Posner: “In a New York Times op-ed last Friday, we wrote that William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush and has been nominated by President Trump for that post again, had seriously damaged his credibility by sending an unsolicited and poorly reasoned memo …

Subjects: Courts, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Nearly 75% Of Coastal States Aren’t Prepared For Sea Level Rise

Forbes: “…As climate change progresses, storms will increase in strength,  sea levels will rise more rapidly, U.S. coasts will flood more frequently, and shoreline properties will disappear. Each year, $500 million worth of coastal structures are lost as coastlines disappear. The federal government spends nearly $150 million each year to manage the loss of beaches and coastal real estate. Two-thirds of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Housing

How to Delete Online Accounts You No Longer Need

Consumer Reports – Having too many digital accounts raises your risk of data being misused or stolen. Here’s how to clean house. By Thomas Germain. December 27, 2018 [h/t Pete Weiss] “Deleting online accounts is one of the best ways to protect your data security and privacy. The less data you have stored on corporate databases …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis

WSJ (paywall) – Facing a consumer backlash and stricter regulation, companies are trying to do what’s eluded them for years: make a better bottle: “ÉVIAN-LES-BAINS, France— A consumer backlash against disposable plastic plus new government mandates and bans in places such as zoos and department stores have the world’s biggest bottled-water makers scrambling to find …

Subjects: Energy, Environmental Law

Dante’s Inferno Illustrated Interactive Learning Tool

“The illustrated and interactive Dante’s Inferno, an alternative learning tool for the Divine Comedy first Cantica, made for aiding visual memory. The printed version and this digital version of the Dante’s Inferno have been developed to be a synsemic access point to Dante’s literature, aiding its study. The work is based on the anthology “Testi …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management