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Richard W. Heard

discussions on everything from current politics to the philosophy of science and religion to space travel and beyond, listening to books on tape on a wide variety of topics, and cooking “field meals.” Most of

Reflections on a Career Unplanned

activities, we recognized that GCFI had a brand – that is we served as an organization that does not have a political agenda, an ethic that continues to this day. Of course, GCFI supports sustainable practices

The Armenian Genocide: Review of Its Historical, Political, and Legal Aspects

effort to ensure that the world remembers the genocide. "We will always reject any attempt to erase its record, even for some political advantage," he said. Rejecting Turkish denials of the crime and its ... Austrian documents anticipating and corroborating the findings of the Turkish Military Tribunal cannot be overemphasized. As noted above, Imperial Germany and Imperial Austria-Hungary were the political and

The Crimean Crisis and International Law: A Realist Perspective

realpolitik, which is a German word meaning “practical politics.”34 In this Part, I seek to: A. Briefly introduce and define the basic political philosophy of realpolitik; Argue that a lack of realpolitik and ... debate as incompatible opposites.”43 B. Realpolitik and the Crimean Crisis So far we have defined the realpolitik of this paper as a political philosophy that considers moral and ideological concerns

Relational Privacy: Surveillance, Common Knowledge and Coordination

EXPERIENCE (Reprint ed. 1991). The ideal is part of classical liberal political philosophy. Noam Chomsky, who endorses the ideal, locates himself in this regard in the classical liberal tradition of John ... -Young Chwe, Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge 41 (2013). 46 Peter Vanderschraaf & Giacomo Sillari, Common Knowledge, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Edward N. Zalta ed

A Preliminary Assessment of the Spawning Potential Ratio of Five Target Species of the Coastal Gillnet Fishery in Guyana and Suriname

species (C. virescens and H. to the numerous political and language barriers in the NBS proops) seem to be commonly captured below their length—at— LME, regional initiatives such as the FAO/WECAFC/CFRM

Gulf Coast Marine Laboratories Past, Present and Future

relevant agency secretaries, all appointed by the governor, and the UMCES President, who is not a political appointee. I filled this role under the administrations of 5 governors, 3 Democrats and 2 ... conveying scientific understanding under sometimes challenging political circumstances. Prior to one meeting with Governor Parris Glendenning, a department secretary who was already in hot water with the

Populizing Religious Liberty and Hobby Lobby

, incommensurate ways. Postmodem philosophy teaches us that the meanings of words are determined by their use. Or rather, the meaning of language is quite literally identical with its use. Language is a tool. It is ... beginning of the end of "elitist" and "expert" judges "objectively" determining the people's tradition. For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has required its seminarians to study philosophy before

Life is Beautiful: The Theological Aesthetic Argument for Life

theological aesthetic, the connection between the life of man and the glory 2. Though it has a complicated history, the idea of the transcendentals comes from Ancient Greek philosophy. With the Christian use of ... this philosophy in the early and medieval ages, the transcendentals were understood as a created thing's beauty, goodness, and truth participating in the beauty, goodness, and truth of God; thus, created

Totalitarian Democracy and the Future of the International Order

, Soviet Communism. The central thesis of his work is that there is a type of political philosophy that commences with a form of governance that is superficially democratic, but whose objective is "the ... XVI (200 5-2013 ) assists us in addressing these three issues when he said in 2008:1 repeat the necessity and the urgency, in today's context, to create in culture and in civil and political society

Government Speech, Free Speech, and Education: The Constitutional Challenge to the Massachusetts Genocide Education Guide

lines of political philosophy such as communism and fascism." (citation omitted)). nature does not make them any less government speech, nor does it give a private citizen a First Amendment right to ... plaintiffs' theory, as asserted in their court filings, is that the act of removing the contra-genocide websites from the Guide for allegedly "political" reasons was a violation of their First Amendment right

Leap of Faith: Intelligent Design's Trajectory after Dover

Commons, Law and Philosophy Commons, and the Religion Law Commons Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.stthomas.edu/ustjlpp JOSHUA ROSENAU* Here on these cliffs ofDover So high you can'tsee ... science translated readily into political influence." Even as the Supreme Court, in 1968, finally overturned Scopesera evolution bans, 6 the Institute for Creation Research, headed by creation science co

Exploring scale in ocean and coastal governance in the Wider Caribbean

Commons, and the Political Science Commons To access the supplemental data associated with this article, CLICK HERE. Recommended Citation Mahon, R. C. 2020. Exploring Scale in Ocean and Coastal Governance ... . Political will for fishery management was weak, but fisheries development without attention to sustainability or regard for marine science was rampant. Some obvious regulations such as seine net mesh size and

Elevating Dissolved Oxygen—Reflections on Developing and Using Long-Term Data

Coastal Ocean Program with the help of Don Boesch and his political connections with Senator John Breaux (LA). Don helped foot the cruise costs for a few more years. With Don’s and other colleagues’ efforts ... 1990s. The saga continued with more NOAA— funded research programs for which we were again successful recipients. These programs and others were fostered by political savvy of which I will unlikely know

The Changing Conversation around Homeschooling: An Argument for More Data and Less Ideology

education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year."24 Critics of homeschooling also note its growing popularity. For example, Stanford Political Science and ... educational philosophy or curricula.2 8 Homeschoolers: Diverse Motivations, Common Conviction So who homeschools today? "Berkeley unschoolers who disdain structure, Christian evangelicals who disdain

Broadband Privacy within Network Neutrality: The FCC's Application & Expansion of the CPNI Rules

broadband policy. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communications and Master of Arts in Telecommunications Studies from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from ... application of the CPNI rules to the Internet, as set forth in the FCC’s recent Broadband Privacy Order. In conclusion, Part V discusses the broadband privacy rules likelihood of survival under a new political

Jaded No More: Renewing Moral Idealism in Nation-Building and Global Affairs

through. The despair is quiet, but palpable. SUSPICION AND CYNICISM OVER GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT The intellectual underpinnings of the current despair are two-fold. First, there is the political philosophy ... imprinted American culture from its founding. Theistic modernists, on the other hand, embraced the results of science and a human-centered philosophy, and eventually came to form the backbone of what has

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: A Five-Year Retrospective

exam dates.8 The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 and subsequent political pressure from the Clinton Administration required the mortgage purchasers, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, to invest a ... open-ended than the mandates for other regulatory authorities. III. AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION A. A New Philosophy of Regulation The Great Crisis has given rise to a new economic philosophy

A History of Change and Reorganization: The Pelagic Longline Fishery in Gouyave, Grenada

organizaciones no gubemamentales. INTRODUCTION A fishery often undergoes changes in response to various factors: biological (e.g., resource availability), eco­ nomic (e.g., market demand), and political (e.g ... 'illusion of certainty' and the 'fallacy of controllability' in fisheries management. Even though the conventional philosophy of management is based on a tradition that assumes predictability and con­ trol

Is Hobby Lobby Worse for Religious Liberty than Smith?

the * John Paul Stevens Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Department of Philosophy Affiliated Faculty, Northwestern University. " Guy Anderson Chair & Professor of Law, Brigham Young ... Smith, and Justice Kennedy joined his opinion. 4. See Richard W. Garnett, The Political (and Other) Safeguards of Religious Freedom, 32 Cardozo L. Rev. 1815, 1815-16 (2011)(collecting denunciations