With regard to the issue of giving credit for discovering the "Sotomeyor & Associates" issue, Eric Turkewitz comments: Something might be in the public domain, but it if is buried in a box of other documents, someone still has to go find it. Whether this qualifies as that proverbial box of documents is, of course, another question. I have to assume that, given the high … [Read more...] about Why Eric Turkewitz Still Matters
On the Ethics of Sourcing For Bloggers and Journalists
Radley Balko used to piss me off. Back in my early days in the blogosphere, I sent him a few links to stories I thought might interest him. He then mentioned those stories in his Agitator blog, but didn't credit me for sending him the links. Of course, I had no way of knowing for sure if he was using the links I sent or if it was just coincidence, but it happened often enough … [Read more...] about On the Ethics of Sourcing For Bloggers and Journalists
Scattershot 2009-07-06
Random shots around the web: I have a lot of stuff to plug in, so this would work for me. Criminal law in Metropolis and Gotham City. Things that have changed since the early days of the blogosphere. Ever wonder what happened to Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan? I can't decide if Mark Bennett is just making trouble or trying to run up his stats when all the crazies link to him as … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-07-06
Chicago Fireworks 2009
I went out last night to take pictures of the fireworks going off in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, it was raining earlier in the evening, and I think that discouraged some people from bringing out their fireworks. Several of the locations I usually hit were totally dead.To make matters worse, fog rolled in last night. That's a problem, because rather than hitting the … [Read more...] about Chicago Fireworks 2009
Independence Day, Then What?
So on July 4, 1776, the United States of America declared itself independent from the Kingdom of Great Britain. And then it was July 5, and there was work to be done. Britain was a superpower, but through war and diplomacy our small nation wrested sovereignty from the king's hands, and on September 3, 1783, the king's representatives acknowledged it in the Treaty of Paris. … [Read more...] about Independence Day, Then What?