Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Lawlessness In Boston
William F. Buckley Jr.
The cardinal doesn't understand that one of the problems in the family is the derelict father of the family.
The Crime of Sharing
I know that this is a fairly obvious observation. That's why I'm stunned that so many kinds of sharing have suddenly, without public debate, become criminal acts. For instance, lending a book to a friend is still all right, but letting him read the same book electronically is now a theft.
Discussion at Slashdot.
WLAN Visualization Meets GIS Mapping
[The Wireless Network Visualization Project is] mapping out the zone of availability using GIS.
I was especially interested in this comment, which led me to GRASS (an open source GIS).
Springtime, Taxes, and the Attack on Iraq
UC Berkeley physicist and former MacArthur Fellow Richard A. Muller teaches a course called Physics for Future Presidents - what every world leader needs to know. Here he adapts his latest musings on why a U.S. attack on Iraq is inevitable.
Biomaterial World
When the Whitehead Institute announced last October that it had appointed a new director, few people in the biomedical research community had to look up the name Susan Lindquist.
Psi no more...
We're Here to Help the Philippines
U.S. commander tells TIME that America will play a support role in the war on Abu Sayyaf.
Q - Locally, some people have charged mismanagement in Philippine Army operations, or even collusion with the Abu Sayyaf rebels.
A - I understand there's a legitimacy question. I'm not concerned about it. And I'm not in any way trained to assess that.
Hoping for Romney run
When the Olympic flame in Salt Lake finally dies, when the athletes are done and gone, when the proceeds are totaled into a surplus, please, Mitt Romney, get on the next plane out of town. Come back to Massachusetts and run for governor.
Hundreds protest hospital's closing
If the fate of Deaconess-Waltham Hospital could be decided by people like 83-year-old Jeanne Saunders, instead of the volatile forces of the health care market, the outcome would never be in doubt.
Trouble is, there's no way for most voices to be heard in the health care market.
Why This Link Patent Case Is Weak
It may be a long time before British Telecom knows whether it lucked out or lost big in the legal sweepstakes. But even if it wins its court battle, experts said the British telephone company has already lost the war.
Optimism or Pessimism for the Future of Liberty?
A growing number of Americans are becoming concerned that the war on terror will have the unintended consequence of permanently damaging our constitutionally protected liberties.
The Real American Battlefield
...keep in mind that ALL attempts to take over or destroy an airplane since September 11 were stopped when passengers got OUT of their seats and did something.
