by Isaiah McPeak | Oct 18, 2010 | Research Tips
Really Simple Syndication (RSS), the orange broadcasty symbol thingy (usually) that you can click on at most blogs, websites, and from google news searches… Do you use it every day? You need to. Last year I showed you how to set this up in a youtube video about...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 9, 2010 | Research Tips
The oligarchs of new russiaView more presentations from immcpeak. Laura Alexander (Lisa Alexander’s daughter) is a student of Russian culture and history. She has kindly granted us permission to post a short primer on oligarchy in Russia that she prepared for a...
by Isaiah McPeak | Sep 8, 2010 | Research Tips
Step 1: google.com Step 2: enter the following: russia site:gao.gov Step 3: Find all the problems GAO reports and block them Further explanation (edit): The Government Accountability Office audits and points out problems in government agencies. Peter and Lydia used...
by Anthony Severin | Aug 25, 2010 | Research Tips, Technique
I have a habit of collecting strange facts. Be it reading through news articles, listening to the radio, or watching TV, I seem to pick up on the smallest points. It wasn’t until last year that I realized how critical that can be. Last year (yep, you guessed it,...
by Joseph Samelson | Aug 19, 2010 | Research Tips
So, researching for three straight months on US-Russian policy, relations, laws, and treaties has shown me that there are tons of acronyms that you need to familiarize yourself with to be able to (a) tell what the evidence is actually talking about (for yourself) and...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 26, 2010 | Research Tips
We have often written about tags on this blog. I have a new example for you. First, recall the TWO meanings of the word “tag”. One is the bold line in a brief that helps you know exactly what the card says, the other is your point that the judge is to...