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Is access to public records meaningful only if free?

Access to public records is in the news. Whether it’s via a presidential memorandum or legislation working its way through the South Dakota Legislature, the trend is to create a presumption that records are open. Yet even before those actions, an individual in California took making federal court records publicly available to a new level. […]

Tim March 3rd, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Law | Comments are closed | |

Book Review: Sting Like a Bee by Jose Torres

Each genre of books — whether literature, history or even sports — has its classics. When it comes to sports in general or boxing in particular, Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story by Jose Torres is unquestionably a top-ranked contender for that designation.

First published in 1971 after the first Ali-Joe Frazier bout […]

Tim March 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Book Reviews | Comments are closed | |

March Bibliolust

For a short month, February sure produced a lot of bibliolust. So much so, in fact, that this month’s installment is broken into two categories. One is books I’m slated to review in the immediate future. As if that list isn’t enough, the other category consists of books already checked out from or for which […]

Tim March 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |
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