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Category: Other News
Professor Jensen, Award Winning Limericist
April is National Poetry month. In celebration here are three limericks from our own Professor Erik Jensen. From the January 2013, Mini-Annual of Improbable Research: The judges have chosen a winner for last month’s Shoulder Sampling Limerick Competition, which asked for a limerick to honor the study “Should Styrene be Sampled on the Left …Read the Rest…
Ohio H.B. No.59: Taxation of Legal Services
There is legislation pending in the Ohio House of Representatives that would result in a tax on legal services. The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association has created a Tax Opposition Toolkit for lawyers and clients who want to encourage their representatives to oppose this tax. The proposed legislation that would cause this change is H.B. 59. …Read the Rest…
White House Petitions
On January 11th the White House responded to a petition to build a Death Star: “This isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For.” The “Death Star” story brought renewed public attention to “We the People,” the online site to petition the White House. Many had fun with the response, such as the Daily Show (Moment …Read the Rest…
Gun-Owner Database
Jan. 2, 2013 update: Putnam County officials are refusing to release pistol-permit information. The Journal News published a database of persons holding handgun permits in Westchester and Rockland counties (New York), using information from public records obtained by Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests. The newspaper’s rationale for making the information available is that its readers “are …Read the Rest…
P(l)ain Dealing
On March 9, 2009, Douglas A. McIntyre, writing in an article about the ten most endangered newspapers in the United States, predicted that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would be shut down or go digital by the end of the next year. Although written for 24/7 Wall Street, Time Magazine posted the article on its website, linked to …Read the Rest…
Hurricane Sandy News
The unprecedented multi-state swath of devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will take months to assess and recover. For those looking for immediate information about the local, regional and, national implications of the storm there are blogs, newspaper websites, television news broadcasts, and government websites for updates online. Here are a few highly …Read the Rest…
Professor Jensen, Award Winning Limericist
April is National Poetry month. In celebration here are three limericks from our own Professor Erik Jensen. From the January 2013, Mini-Annual of Improbable Research: The judges have chosen a winner for last month’s Shoulder Sampling Limerick Competition, which asked for a limerick to honor the study “Should Styrene be Sampled on the Left …Read the Rest…
Ohio H.B. No.59: Taxation of Legal Services
There is legislation pending in the Ohio House of Representatives that would result in a tax on legal services. The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association has created a Tax Opposition Toolkit for lawyers and clients who want to encourage their representatives to oppose this tax. The proposed legislation that would cause this change is H.B. 59. …Read the Rest…
White House Petitions
On January 11th the White House responded to a petition to build a Death Star: “This isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For.” The “Death Star” story brought renewed public attention to “We the People,” the online site to petition the White House. Many had fun with the response, such as the Daily Show (Moment …Read the Rest…
Gun-Owner Database
Jan. 2, 2013 update: Putnam County officials are refusing to release pistol-permit information. The Journal News published a database of persons holding handgun permits in Westchester and Rockland counties (New York), using information from public records obtained by Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests. The newspaper’s rationale for making the information available is that its readers “are …Read the Rest…
P(l)ain Dealing
On March 9, 2009, Douglas A. McIntyre, writing in an article about the ten most endangered newspapers in the United States, predicted that the Cleveland Plain Dealer would be shut down or go digital by the end of the next year. Although written for 24/7 Wall Street, Time Magazine posted the article on its website, linked to …Read the Rest…
Hurricane Sandy News
The unprecedented multi-state swath of devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will take months to assess and recover. For those looking for immediate information about the local, regional and, national implications of the storm there are blogs, newspaper websites, television news broadcasts, and government websites for updates online. Here are a few highly …Read the Rest…