Category Archives: ESL Links

Considering the nearly constant warnings of the near certainty of a major terrorist attack this summer, dire declarations that Al Queda is determined to upset or influence the US elections with an attack, and that the infamous "chatter" is pointing … Continue reading →

It is not often that the Dowbrigade feels obliged to defend a previous posting. However, our posting of yesterday concerning Cameron Diaz’s ongoing legal battle to keep a revealing video off the internet market raised well-intentioned concern on the part of … Continue reading →

NCC Grants Coverage Access to Bloggers The Democratic National Convention Committee is granting unprecedented access to the authors of online web logs, more commonly known as "blogs." The inclusion of bloggers will offer the public unfiltered access to the energy … Continue reading →

A very interesting article appeared recently in the Los Angeles Times, written by Alex Jones, director Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, a sister institution to the center of Blogging at Harvard, the Berkman Center. The Democrats and the Republicans are inviting a … Continue reading →

The ever-encouraging Seth Finkelstein of Infothought writes to suggest that the only reason the gatekeepers of the Democratic Party Convention superstructure granted those coveted blogger’s credentials to the Dowbrigade is that they had confused us with that OTHER Michael Feldman, … Continue reading →

Driving into the office this morning we saw an obviously ecstatic black lab with its head way out the window of a late model BMW, with its right front paw braced casually on the rear view mirror. What must be … Continue reading →

Most of you are probably already aware of the current legal battle involving actress Cameron Diaz and a video she made in her wild and misspent youth, featuring, according to the New York Post, "The video features Diaz topless and … Continue reading →

”The Bush campaign is yada, yada, yada. Bush is great, yada, yada,” she said, mocking grown-up partisan discourse. ”The Kerry campaign is yada, yada, yada. Kerry is great, yada, yada.” 10-year-old Lily Thorpe, who started her own Political Action Committee … Continue reading →

Had a bit of a scare last night. At the always stimulating Thursday Night Blogger’s meeting at the Berkman Center, we were disturbed to discover that the only other member of the group to be credentialed for the convention, our … Continue reading →

Finally, a delegate we can look forward to interviewing. Considering that the Dowbrigade’s personal political philosophy is so far off the charts that we despaired of finding anyone at the convention with whom we could have an enlightening political discussion, it … Continue reading →

The ability of current technology to whip up cool, potentially useful stuff far outstrips the ability of the economic distribution system to develop and offer that that stuff to the general public in the form of products. However, when the … Continue reading →

Thanks to a CELOP colleague who last week attended the 97th annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries here in Boston, we have come into possession of an extremely useful tome entitled Law of the Web – A … Continue reading →