Amy L. Landers (Drexel): The Anti-Patent: A Proposal for Startup Immunity. Tracy Reilly (Dayton): Copyright and the Tragedy of the Common. Charles Reuben Gibson (Otago): The Ethics of Piracy for Personal Use. A war that crosses national boundaries: Iraq and America have pushed back the Islamic State, but it will take much more to quash the threat of it across the wider region. James Foley killer “Jihadi John” believed to be former London rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary. Josh Kovensky on how ISIS's new mag looks like a New York glossy — with pictures of mutilated bodies. Friends of Israel: The lobbying group AIPAC has consistently fought the Obama Administration on policy — is it now losing influence? Ballots triumphed over bullets half a century ago; the scenes that played out in Ferguson were a reminder that the absence of the former increases the likelihood of the latter. It seems the lesson Paul Ryan has drawn from the harmful publicity surrounding his Rand fixation is not that he shouldn’t associate himself publicly with crackpot authors but merely that he should find different crackpot authors. Thomas Frank interviews Cornel West: “[Obama] posed as a progressive and turned out to be counterfeit. We ended up with a Wall Street presidency, a drone presidency”. Aaron Sankin on 5 reasons why Obama declined the ice bucket challenge. Roy Edroso on Rightbloggers' long obsession with Obama and golf — and why it's finally paying off. As U. of Illinois offers public explanation for blocking hire of Steven Salaita, newly released documents show involvement of fund-raisers and interest in keeping trustees informed as chancellor prepared to nix appointment.
