Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. The Compass is a day late this week as I have been out in Miami at the Conference for National Conservatism. Videos from the conference, including speeches from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Peter Thiel, Sen. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Sen. Josh Hawley, are being posted here. My remarks are linked below! The House and Senate are both in...
Michael Lissner January 30, 2016 While working on a soon-to-be-released feature of CourtListener, we needed to create “short form” case names for all the cases that we could. We’re happy to share that we’ve created about 1.8M short form case names, including complete coverage for all Supreme Court cases going back to 1947, when the Supreme...
Carrie Mae Weems is one of the most influential artists of our time. The MacArthur Genius award winner, best known for her photography and video work examining history, identity, class and culture, teamed up with 10 arts and cultural organizations across four cities in two of the Southern states hit hardest by COVID-19 in order to aid Black and brown communities...
The CHLOTRUDIS SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT FILM (CSIF) will present its 6th annual Short Film Festival on Monday October 3, 2005 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Audience members participate in this competitive one-night event, by contributing their votes for an Audience Award. A cash prize will be awarded the film chosen by the Chlotrudis Society to be the Best...
We are pleased to announce that our 6th annual Short Film Festival will open and close with short films by Don McKellar, acclaimed Canadian director/writer/actor. Most recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Monday October 3, 2005 showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre will mark the shorts’ U.S. premiere, and will be shown out of competition...
It’s less than a week away, and we already have a wonderful slate of items available for bid, thanks to our many donors – and we’re still not done! This year, we are going to open up the bidding early and provide a way for members and friends not in the Boston area to participate in the auction. Check Mewsings after 5 o’clock this Friday night, September 30, for...