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The body of an American / The lowlands of Holland

Posted on November 13, 2007
Reprinted in part from The Cardinal LawyerThere is perhaps no finer Veterans' Day tribute than John Dos Passos's "The Body of an American," the concluding chapter of 1919, part two of the U.S.A. trilogy (1930-36). (See also the prologue to U.S.A.) This post excerpts "The Body of an American" and pairs it with a traditional folk song, "The Lowlands of Holland," that seems especially pertinent on this Veterans' Day...

For thine is the camera and the glory

Posted on November 11, 2007
For raw visual power, nothing beats a good photoblog. A Portuguese correspondent of the Jurisdynamics Network, António (pictured at left in a self-portrait), runs a good photoblog called deFocused.Here are two recent recommendations from deFocused, utterly different from each other in artistic impression, but each filled with power in its own right:Melissa Catanese:Franck Juery:

White Paper on Disaster Law

Posted on November 07, 2007
The California Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CCELP) held a workshop last spring at Boalt Hall to consider future direction for the subject of disaster law. The resulting white paper considers a broad range of ways that law schools could be involved in teaching, research, and public service regarding U...

Literary Warrant [21]

Posted on November 04, 2007
I remember the only time I ever saw my mother cry. I was eating apricot pie.I remember how much I cried seeing South Pacific (the movie) three times.I remember how good a glass of water can taste after a dish of ice cream.?Joe Brainard, I Remember (1975)A gratuitous epigram, perhaps, but also a wholehearted recommendation of a unique work of humorous, often poignant writing...

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