"description":"I study a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals precedent decision wherein the BIA held a Jewish man from Egypt would face persecution on account of his religion.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nCitizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt\nMatter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) - BIA Hong Kong…\nNoncitizen Nationals as Immigrant Visa Petitioners\nGolf and Immigration: Matter of Masters\n\"A Strange Admixture of Contentions\" - Study of a Phrase\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nThe Hang Glider Citizenship Provision\nImmigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case",
"description":"The statements of the Russian and Chinese governments on the Israel-Hamas War would be ironic if they were not entirely expected.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho\nAnime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20)\nACE Academy - Visual Novel Review\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nThe Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review\nThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…\nBing's and DuckDuckGo's CCP Problem\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines",
"description":"Wherein I use a particularly questionable \"experts say\" headline on a piece trying to justify Hamas' behavior to question the \"experts say\" headlines.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nJustin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ\nAmbiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline\nJustin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal Content of…\nThe Last Nintendo Wii Games\nEyewitness to History: The Resignations of Cuomo and Spitzer\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nThe Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII\nSocial media on government phones\nDesigning video games to produce benefits",
"description":"A pigeon's visit to a Brooklyn statue of Christopher Columbus inspires a piece on the history of the depiction of the brave explorer.\nPossibly related posts...\n\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nTown Slogans in Pokémon's Kanto\nThe New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday\nWasteful talk show subsidies in New York\nThe al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations\nOn NYC Curfews and Essential Workers\nIn Support of the Lawsuit Against NYC Dining Sheds\nJustin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020\nA 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search…",
"description":"Examining how the Egyptian constitution handles citizenship and dual nationality in the context of eligibility to run for President.\nPossibly related posts...\n\nThe Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters\nInteresting Case on Japan's Dual Citizenship Ban\n1892 Reports on First Year of Basketball\nImagination in Pokémon Red and Blue\n1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge\nThe Misuse of Impeachment and Roy Hibbert's Jersey\nHistory of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines\nThe Story of Billy Possum, President Hoover's Pet Opossum\nThe Hang Glider Citizenship Provision",
"description":"I wrote a detailed analysis of a 1966 Board of Immigration Appeals decision in Matter of Salama, 11 I&N Dec. 536 (BIA 1966). In that post, I worked through the decision and examined the small number of citations to it in precedent decisions. I opined that although I first came across the decision while researching […]",
"description":"I came across an article noting that Corey Seager of the Texas Rangers was walked three times in a 3-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Divisional Series, breaking Barry Bonds’ 2003 record of 8 for a divisional series. I am not a baseball fan and am not following the playoffs, but […]",
"description":"Jonathan Turley’s blog is part of my RSS feed collection. One reason I enjoy his work is because he is consistent in his views and articulates his position well. However, his recent piece on free speech issues related to the response to pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses in the last week was a bit sloppy. […]",
"description":"Hackaday published an article titled Spuds Lend A Hand In The Darkroom. I have no experiences with darkrooms, much less potatoes in darkrooms. Thus, I cannot comment on the utility of the potato-darkroom recipes referenced in the article. However, if your potato has reached the stage where it is growing hands, it is much more […]",
"description":"Welcome to the 159th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perenially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell.\nAs always? I should say except for last week.\nTwo factors caused a lapse in New Leaf Journal publishing. Firstly, middling health commencing on October 24. Secondly, I had a decent amount of work for my law job to do while I was feeling sluggish. As a result, I did not publish any articles. Because I had no articles to share and I still had work to do last weekend, I let October 28 pass without a newsletter. While I have a few article drafts in the pipeline, I still have not published a new piece since October …",
"description":"Welcome to the 158th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal (the previous one had a Roman numeral title typo -- sad!), the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. I am a bit pressed for time this week, so this newsletter will only cover our most recent posts, links from around the web, and our most-read articles of the week. Let us get straight into the content.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI published two new articles.\nOn Russia’s and China’s Self-Awareness\nRussia's and China's statements about restraint and justice ring just a bit hollow. \nAnalyzing BIA Decision in Matter of Salama\nAn in-depth study of an interesting 1966 U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals decision with my original legal analysis. I wrote it in a way that should be acc…",
"description":"Welcome to the 157th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. This week was a bit short on content with just three new articles -- although all three were fairly time-intensive by my standards. You will find links to our three new pieces along with links from around the web and other news and notes below.\n(No News leaf journal section this week because I have no news to report other than our new articles.)\nLinks from the week that was\nOur three new articles...\nCitizenship Rules for Running for President of Egypt (I examine how Egypt handles dual citizenship in the contex…",
"description":"Welcome to the 156th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. I had a bit more non-New Leaf Journal work than expected last week, but I still managed to produce a respectable number of new articles. Below, you will find our usual weekly recap accompanied by links from around the web and other news and notes.\nLeaves from the week that was\nI was somewhat surprised to discover that I published five new articles since mailing the previous newsletter.\nSeptember 2023 at The New Leaf Journal\nHair Color in A Dream of Summer\nA Dream of Summer with a review of hair color in A Drea…",
"description":"A post reviewing Halloween cooking and decorating tips from a 1913 magazine.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/halloween-cooking-and-decorating-tips-from-1913/\n#halloween #cooking #decorating #owls",
"description":"From last November (I was a bit late), a 12-foot flying witch seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (NYC).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/flying-12-foot-witch-in-carroll-gardens/\n#halloween #witch #brooklyn #nyc #carrollgardens",
"description":"A comprehensive study of hair color in the English translation of a 2005 freeware Japanese visual novel titled A Dream of Summer (because why not?).\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-a-dream-of-summer/\n(Note that a re-worked browser version of A Dream of Summer is free to play on Freem! in both English and the original Japanese)\n#visualnovels #VisualNovel #videogames #freeware #haircolor",
"description":"A look back at the 1922 Better Homes Demonstration Week, a project headed by the administration of then-U.S. President Warren Harding. This introduction post links to two follow-up articles on remarks by then-Vice President Calvin Coolidge and Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/introducing-the-1922-better-homes-in-america-demonstration-week/\n#ushistory #history #uspresident #home",
"description":"I took a trip through Pokemon's Kanto region to examine the 10 city/town slogans and how they changed (or stayed the same) through all of Kanto's appearances. Because everyone likes rankings, I concluded with a ranking of the slogans based on the slogans in and of themselves and how they fit the city or town.\nhttps://thenewleafjournal.com/town-slogans-pokemons-kanto/\n#pokemon #gameboy #videogames",
"description":"I run two WordPress accounts that double as ActivityPub profiles thanks to ActivityPub for WordPress. You can follow them for links to my longer-form writing.\nNew Leaf Journal: @newleafjournal \n(This is my main project. You will find links to new articles with short descriptions.)\nEmu Café Social: @naferrell \n(This is my social publishing site. You will find my short-form posts in full -- instance permitting.)",
