Economists Push for Microsoft Penalties. A group of six leading antitrust economists has filed a last-minute brief urging the federal judge presiding over the Microsoft case to impose tough penalties on the company. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology]
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Playing God. Bush's bioethics czar Leon Kass wants to criminalize lifesaving medical research as violating the natural order of things. Would he have opposed wiping out smallpox? [Salon.com]
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Every dial you take. The FBI is asking for more information about what you do on the phone, and no one is saying no. [Salon.com]
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Before Baghdad burns. The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. [Salon.com]
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