Abandoning hope

Hope against Hope

In the penultimate chapter of the Bible, in the opening statement of the very last speech God makes in the whole of the Christian Scriptures, God says: "Behold I am making all things new" (Rev 21:5). The prophet sees the old heavens and the old earth the universe as it now is passing away, and new heavens and a new earth, God's new creation of all things, coming into being. It is not that God r...

"Hope, Danger's Comforter": Thucydides, Hope, Politics

Abandoning All Hope Of A Plain-Meaning Interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 102(g): Reliance On Dicta Taken From Allen v. W.H. Brady Is Legal Error

The patent law also encourages public disclosure of inventions, at least in part because secret innovations are less likely to promote progress than those disclosed to the public. In this regard, U.S. patent law attenuates the legal effect of innovations that are not properly disclosed to the public. One such provision is codified at 35 U.S.C. § 102(g), which is an important, albeit seldom used...

The Case Against Abandoning the Search for Substantive Accuracy

Professor Slobogin’s new book, Proving the Unprovable, is the most provocative evidence text that I have read in years. In the book, he argues in favor of a more relaxed standard for admitting psychologists’ and psychiatrists’ testimony about a person’s prior mental state. He contends that a person’s earlier mental state is essentially unprovable and that it is impossible to gauge the validity ...

Pacific islanders pay heavy price for abandoning traditional diet.

Scattered across the Pacific Ocean are thousands of islands which make up three regions known as Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Beyond the image of white sandy beaches and carefree lifestyles, the Pacific islands are facing serious health problems, the prime culprit being imported foods. In at least 10 Pacific island countries, more than 50% (and in some, up to 90%) of the population is o...