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...refused to release the transcripts. Gaughan's essential goal, according to one of his orders: "To preserve the dignity of the court and the integrity of the proceedings." That's an especially powerful, ironic argument, given widespread concern that Kelly is receiving preferential treatment because of his celebrity status. Ronald Allen, a Northwestern University professor of constitutional and criminal law, says gag orders and closed hearings are used rarely, partly to keep prospective jurors from being influenced by harsh or sympathetic news coverage. Still, Allen says, "The public does have a right to know, in a high-profile case, whether...
...call the still-unfolding rivalry a cold war. No doubt, Russia and the West have divergent interests. According to the Russian worldview, everything good that happens in the West is bad for Russia. Worse yet, Moscow seems willing to do almost anything to achieve great-power (if not superpower) status...
...Following Alec Baldwin’s lead, disgruntled liberals in the last few years have been constantly on the verge of claiming refugee status within the borders of their northern neighbor. Meanwhile, God-fearing conservatives seem happy to share in Pat Buchanan’s nuanced vision of Canada as “Soviet Canuckistan...
...popular culture has birthed a new “roflculture,” fostering new genres, new celebrities, and a new type of audience. While the meme remains based in the ridiculous that often becomes popular by chance, the LOLomenon has seemingly elevated it to the status of a new—albeit somewhat accidentally created—genre. Online, the new culture is “doing a billion things all at the same time,” according J.D. Connor ’92, a former Crimson editor. And yes, the popular bits culled from the billion often...
There are also other similarly fraught issues such as the presence - and future status - of large numbers of Han immigrants and the stationing of Chinese troops in the region, all of which would require very lengthy and complex talks to resolve...