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Most recent discussion of the United States Constitution and war—both the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq—has been dominated by two diametrically opposed views: the alarmism of those who see many current policies as portending gross restrictions on American civil liberties, and the complacency of those who see these same policies as entirely reasonable accommodations to the new realities of national security. Whatever their contributions to the public discussion and policy-making processes, these voices contribute little to an understanding of the real constitutional issues raised by war. Providing the historical and legal context needed to assess competing claims, The Constitution in Wartime identifies and explains the complexities of the important constitutional issues brought to the fore by wartime actions and policies. Twelve prominent legal scholars and political scientists combine broad overviews of U.S. history and contemporary policy with detailed yet accessible analyses of legal issues of pressing concern today.

Some of the essays are broad in scope, reflecting on national character, patriotism, and political theory; exploring whether war and republican government are compatible; and considering in what sense we can be said to be in wartime circumstances today. Others are more specific, examining the roles of Congress, the presidency, the courts, and the international legal community. Throughout the collection, balanced, unbiased analysis leads to some surprising conclusions, one of which is that wartime conditions have sometimes increased, rather than curtailed, civil rights and civil liberties. For instance, during the cold war, government officials regarded measures aimed at expanding African Americans’ freedom at home as crucial to improving America’s image abroad.

Contributors. Sotirios Barber, Mark Brandon, James E. Fleming, Mark Graber, Samuel Issacharoff, David Luban, Richard H. Pildes, Eric Posner, Peter Spiro, William Michael Treanor, Mark Tushnet, Adrian Vermeule.
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With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks..
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Kick Down the Door of Complacency provides a new solution to an old problem: how to persuade and teach managers to enact Continuous Improvement. The book is a story of a CEO who persuades his direct reports that having Continuous Improvement is vital, and then leads and teaches them exactly how to do a basic method for the next 24 months. Harwood's method is built on some new assumptions: a change process is necessary; the top person must personally lead; everyone is required to participate (two hours per week); speed is critical; and obtaining measurable meaningful improvement, early and forever, is essential. This approach is applicable to any organization, and parts of large organizations of up to 2,000 people, be they in manufacturing or service, for-profit or not-for-profit. With two supplemental books - one for trainers, the other for participants - all can easily be trained (two sessions totaling 15 hours) in how to use 22 basic problem-solving techniques. By actually using them to solve problems presented in two cases, they learn the techniques..
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In this collection of essays, Lawrence O. Gostin, an internationally recognized scholar of AIDS law and policy, confronts the most pressing and controversial issues surrounding AIDS in America and around the world. He shows how HIV/AIDS affects the entire population--infected and uninfected--by influencing our social norms, our economy, and our country's role as a world leader.

Now in the third decade of this pandemic, the nation and the world still fail to respond to the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and continue to tolerate injustice in their treatment, Gostin argues. AIDS, both in the United States and globally, deeply affects poor and marginalized populations, and many U.S. policies are based on conservative moral values rather than public health and social justice concerns.

Gostin tackles the hard social, legal, political, and ethical issues of the HIV/AIDS pandemic: privacy and discrimination, travel and immigration, clinical trials and drug pricing, exclusion of HIV-infected health care workers, testing and treatment of pregnant women and infants, and needle-exchange programs. This book provides an inside account of AIDS policy debates together with incisive commentary. It is indispensable reading for advocates, scholars, health professionals, lawyers, and the concerned public..
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More Space presents nine current business bloggers writing in their own unique styles. Each author challenges the premise that places of business can only be cold and uninspiring. By sharing their own experiences they offer up ways for you to re-ignite passion and enthusiasm in your work.

From the Introduction:

"I wanted to see what would happenif you gave business bloggers more space to develop the ideas they write about every day. The trouble with weblogs is that they are best for short-form writing. Each entry is normally a couple hundred words containing a single thought- and that thought is normally a response to something someone else has already written.

So I asked some of my favorite business bloggers to write 5,000 to 10,000 words on a business topic they were interested in, and the results have been amazing:

PASSION.
AUTHENTICITY.
PRODUCTIVITY.
CHANGE.
COMMUNITY.
SIMPLICITY.
INNOVATION.
PERSPECTIVE.

I think the ideas contained in this book match a set of sensibilities that have growing importance in business today. None of these ideas are new, but the emphasis that needs to be placed on that is..."

What is so unique about More Space?
Here is what the More Space contributors find intriguing...
"Every single author has something new and interesting to say. For me that's more than enough. New and interesting are in short supply." - Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars
"The people! Some of the best and brightest that blogging has to offer. I love the pure diversity of the topics. It's not like it's all techy (like it could have been), and none of it is really about blogging, which is exciting. Yes, bloggers do talk about something besides blogging.!" - Jeremy Wright
"I've never had the opportunity to write about business in such a personal way. I've always suspected there was a place where the personal and professional collided. Here is the space." - Jory Des Jardins
"The fact that all these people, none of whom are 'headline business thinkers', have such amazingly cool and interesting things to say." - Curt Rosengren

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Title: The peripatetic Jim Bellows; The Last Editor: How I Saved the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times from Dullness and Complacency. (Books).
Author: Carl Sessions Stepp
Publication:American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Page: 65(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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