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...world of higher education. Berman inveighed against universities, suggesting they “have turned a blind eye to piracy.” Whether or not the objects of his scorn are actively supporting copyright violations, it is more than slightly disingenuous to suggest that colleges and universities account for all, or even most, of the digital piracy of music. It is a problem that occurs at every level of society and in every contingent of the listening community. Berman’s rhetoric represents the unjust application of the law to a small fraction of the population...
...upshot: When calling people to account for their actions in court, the government finds ways to pursue litigation involving state secrets...
...upshot: When called to account for its actions in court, the government effectively shuts down litigation involving embarrassing information that may also include state secrets...
...fair, the criteria for targeted divestment outlined by HDAG would in practice limit divestment to particularly egregious oil companies operating in Sudan. There are several more such oil companies from which other universities including Princeton, Yale, and the University of California have divested. Harvard should follow suit, taking into account its indirect as well as direct holdings, without adopting a policy rule...
...Nazareth” go through phases of popularity that affect the amount of research being done. In each field, the current intellectual trends of society impact the discoveries made.Polkinghorne is at his best when he delves into the methodology of both physics and theology. He gives an insightful account of the patterns in each field’s acquisition of knowledge. Polkinghorne culminates with a discussion of both fields’ quest for the “General Unified Theory,” the theory that will cohesively explain everything, without loose ends or aberrations. Though physics and theology...