I am very much looking forward to Professor Sunder's book.  I agree that it's high time to think more systematically about crafting intellectual property law in a manner that takes account of other values.  That is true not only for domestic law, but also at the international level.  The TRIPS Ag...

Madhavi Sunder’s initial essay travels a wide landscape. The nature of the blog medium, of course, means she has time enough only for a few stops on the journey, but they are suggestive of the richness and intricacy of the overall landscape – the contemporary terrain of intellectual property (IP...

This is a guest blog by Barbara Grothus, an artist and activist who lives in Albuquerque. As a worker in the private sector, I was rarely offered an opportunity to receive health insurance. I was young, I didn’t need it. I paid for my annual exams and was never sick. One year I witnessed the death...

There is a huge split building between the Landscape Institute (LI) and its members over the crisis surrounding the retention of the LI archive and library. Without such a comprehensive historical and educational resource at the centre of the organisation, many feel that the LI will become little mo...

In the new LA Weekly, FOTEV Jim Ruland takes a look at a pair of novels by Jean-Philippe Toussaint . Regular readers will remember his review of Monsieur on Bloomsday of last year. He continues his obsession with all things Toussaint by tracking down some of his translators. JORDAN STUMP translated ...

Hello everyone. Here, on Eren's blog I'm known as S. This is my first guest appearance. I was kidding Eren about being wrapped in a blanket, outside in the snow, taking pictures even before the boys got up. After a bout of bantering Eren dared me to write something on her blog, so I accepted the cha...

This is a guest blog by Greg Lennes of Las Cruces about SB 249, the SunCal TIDD sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez, which passed the NM Senate last Thursday by a vote of 29-9. Greg also sent this message to all members of the New Mexico House. Our State Senate has failed New Mexicans. As Ben Franklin onc...

Dawn Isaac is going to lead the way this week with a guest blog on a subject that I cannot ever make my mind up on. Should children be taught gardening while they are still at school? If you would like to have your say after reading the piece then feel free to leave a comment in the form below. Are ...

JA Konrath writes the blog A Newbie's Guide to Publishing. Having sold eight novels and over sixty short stories and articles, he's no stranger to rewriting. His latest book, the horrific thriller AFRAID, comes out this month, and is written under his pen name, Jack Kilborn. You can visit JA/Jack at...

<p>Re:I probably don't even need to preface this by saying that Stephan has some extremely funny friends, but I will. Every once in awhile, Cory, Jim, and Stephan start (and continue) some of the longest, funniest email chains I have ever seen.  Like, you leave your computer for an hour or so...