International Law

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• "Larry Summers vs. the Tiger Mom: Why A students become academics and C students become billionaire donors" http://on.wsj.com/eB0Xz3
• from the chronicle of higher education ... "The Shadow Scholar: The man who writes your students' papers tells his story" http://j.mp/gnSt7c
• i like rule 9, that "there's no such thing as tweeting too much" ... "My 13 Golden Rules Of Twitter" by @darrenrovell http://j.mp/hRsXVQ
• ted expands ... "TED Starts an E-Books Line" http://j.mp/huIM7I
• this is surprising ... "Directors Guild Crowns 'King's Speech'" http://j.mp/fUbLgw
• here's a spatwatch from the atlantic wire ... "'Glee' vs. 'Homophobic,' Music Education-Hating Kings of Leon" http://j.mp/igucgo
• here is some provocative research ... "Having a Baby May Be Worse for Mental Health Than Having an Abortion" http://j.mp/i9wh7f
• apparently you can but it won't be easy ... " Can you train your pet cat?" http://j.mp/edI9vX
• a new books argues social networking may foster loneliness ... "Is Facebook making us sad?" http://j.mp/i9uuyy
• "Net Neutrality and Internet Regulation: Government and politicians can help the Internet most by doing nothing" http://j.mp/fDTrZJ
• good question ... "Expired drugs: Are they still effective?" http://j.mp/epNRT9
• here's a very generous (but also quite confronting) suggestion ... "Go ahead, give all your money to charity" http://j.mp/hrWcdX
• i doubt it ... "Can Microsoft Be Cool?" http://j.mp/hldB1q http://j.mp/hldB1q
• this is worth reading ... "Stanley Fish Picks His Favorite of Your Favorite Sentences" http://j.mp/ghk1mq
• i'm not sure about this ... "Will Ferrell to Guest-Star on 'The Office'" http://j.mp/hQm3AV
• quite a controversial appointment ... "Obama Nominates RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General" http://j.mp/e4Oibb
• this sums of up my view on "Rahm Emanuels' residency in Chicago: The courts should butt out" http://j.mp/fxn2Ed /cc @justinbarbour
• this is significant ... "Report: U.S. Can?t Link Bradley Manning to Julian Assange" http://j.mp/dE7li3
• possibly ... "Is a copyright registration system to prevent orphan works the way of the future?" http://j.mp/gheTNY
• the new york times magazine on "The Times's Dealings With Julian Assange" http://j.mp/frOSQo
• fascinating research ... "Do Daughters Influence Judges?" http://j.mp/evbNjO
• an interesting case ... "US Judge finds cause of action for contributory cyber squatting" http://j.mp/fBRLNU
• the napster saga continues ... "Ten Years Later, Napster Loses In Court Again" http://j.mp/evhb7Q
• from the hollywood reporter ... "Why the $75 Million Kardashian Lawsuit Is Pretty Serious" http://j.mp/e2vgi1
• how egypt turned off the internet ... "Egypt Shut Down Its Net With a Series of Phone Calls" http://j.mp/gtLqe7
• it's not egypt, in america the "Internet ?Kill Switch? Legislation Back in Play" http://j.mp/dWQs69
• illya somin has some "Reflections on the Potential Revolution in Egypt" http://j.mp/fxYHQ5
• qut has released an iphone app for students http://bit.ly/fUSlwA
• the bizarre story of a kangaroo in new york city ... "Kangaroo On Third Avenue" http://j.mp/gbzYiG
• salon looks at al jazeera english and asks a question equally relevant in australia ... "Why can't we watch Al Jazeera?" http://j.mp/egZYke
• thoughtful post from @JohnQuiggin on "The end of the Arab exception?" http://j.mp/e8CjnI
• The Peter Black Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPCNVT ? Top stories today by @mitchyyyyy @qldfloodfeed @jalovel

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