Sam Feldman
Articles by Sam Feldman:
What Does It Mean to Be Illegal?: The Jurisprudence of Obamacare
in Issue 24 | Compulsion (Jan 2013)a very expensive parking spot - without a prohibition, a punishment is just a consequence - the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - a government of enumerated powers - on the wrong side of the law - monarchistic legal theory - the PPACA’s use of « shall » - the so-called duck test
Remix This Article
in Issue 21 | Raw Materials (Oct 2012)« I’m paying for this microphone » - the informal industry of internet content-mixers - a former Canadian Idol runner-up - the North Korean government’s « parody video » - an hour and a half of intense unscripted audiovisual raw material - the primary currency of both entertainment and politics
The Great Fear, or, The Green Zone
in Issue 12 | Home and Pain (Jan 2012)formative experiences - a land of buses and bakers - the prewar phantasmagoria - Old World trolls - the domestic Green Zone - not the same Americans we used to be
Whose Side Are They On?
in Issue 10 | Occupations (Nov 2011)two American ideals of free speech - affinity groups and movementlets - a net neutrality of the public domain - « the legitimacy of the government does not matter » - the pace of progress - that the content of a festival could be its presentation
Love in the Time of Communism: A Case Study in Revolutionary Overreach
in Issue 1 | Valentine’s Day (Feb 2011)the limits of the palace - the calendrier républicain - « will the family continue to exist under communism? » - natalism - solemn ceremonies - how she could have expected