audio: october 2007

Carter v. Carter Coal Company 298 U.S. 238 (1936) - The court found that the Coal Conservation Act is not within Congress’ power according to the Commerce Clause. Just because a commodity will, in the future, be sold in interstate commerce does not give Congress the right to regulate it before the event occurs.

The public’s appetite for adventures set in the distant past is insatiable, and in Florentine Masque, David Caldo offers aficionados of this genre a gargantuan feast.

Set in the 14th Century, in and around Florence, the novel traces the adventures of the young brother and sister, Alessandro and Felicia Gerfalco, who survived the plague in Florence, only to find that their parents have been murdered. Like any good Italian, Alessandro pledges to avenge this massacre, and eight years later he finds his first clue as to the murderer’s identity. The quest to mete out revenge brings him and his sister face to face with some of the most sinister characters trying to profit from Florence’s nascent banking boom - it even leads them to skulduggery in the Vatican itself.

For more details about the book, visit site http://www.florentinemasque.com/

I think was is most interesting about this commentary on Yup'ik tragedy and urge to revitalize is that it was written in a prison. It's author, Harold Napoleon, gives credence to everything he writes about because he knows it, he was it.

The book was built up for me - so I was a bit let down - however it is a just a paper, one person's opinion with some social commentaries from varying people afterwards that got bound and for that, I respect the man.

Interesting look at the history of the Yupiit in trying to maintain their cultural ways while also maintaining their sanity.

I wish there had been more talk about other tribes, ones that I am more familiar with.