f/k/a . . ."breathless punditry" and "one-breath poetry" with David Giacalonecommission & communion- June 9, 2008 There&8217;s no obvious link (other than lexical proximity) between the two topics covered in this posting, and none was meant &8212; the anti-phone-scam campaign of the Federal Trade Commission and Douglas Kmiec, the conservative lawyer denied communion at a Catholic mass because he had endorsed Barack Obama for President. Of course, Prof. Yabut (our ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/08/commission-communion/ a fresh breeze from Modern Haiku- June 8, 2008 Blame it on our first spate of hazy-hot-humid weather. The fka Gang has been too listless, restless, and breathless to concentrate on punditry the past couple of days. We might do some commentary later today but, until then, here are a few haiku from our Honored Guest poets ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/08/a-fresh-breeze-from-modern-haiku/ ed markowski strolls bashos road- June 5, 2008 Author-poet Norbert Blei discovered fka&8217;s Honored Guest and Friend Ed Markowski at Tinywords.com in 2006, and has admired and sought out Ed&8217;s work ever since. Yesterday, Blei helped to bring Ed Markowski to a broader group of poetry lovers &8212; beyond regular readers of haiku &8212; with an extended posting ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/05/ed-markowski-strolls-bashos-road/ HALT focuses on Fred Rodell you should, too- June 5, 2008 Last February, the legal reform group HALT unveiled a wonderful project to revive &8220;the visionary legal reform lessons of Fred Rodell.&8221; At that time, HALT launched the FredRodell.com website, along with its blandly-named The Law Blog. Former Yale Law Professor Rodell, who died in 1980 at 73 years of age, ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/04/halt-focuses-on-fred-rodell-you-should-... good haiku by kids- June 3, 2008 Yesterday, we talked about an infant who fell unnoticed out of his baby stroller (and under a bus). Today, I want to spotlight children who have apparently never been dropped on their heads, and who &8212; more importantly &8212; have been nurturing their inner poetic muses. These kids ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/03/good-haiku-by-kids/ the evolution of baby strollers- June 2, 2008 Do you remember when you could easily see a baby in its stroller &8212; and could tell whether a baby was actually in a stroller without getting a search warrant The little cutie on the far right below is my big sister Linda, in 1949. I don&8217;t know the two other kids. . . ...http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/06/02/the-evolution-of-baby-strollers/ |