Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Tuesday, June 10, 2003

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Worse Than Watergate? "Nixon claimed that his misuses of the federal agencies for his political purposes were in the interest of national security. The same kind of thinking might lead a president to manipulate and misuse national security agencies or their intelligence to create a phony reason to lead the nation into a politically desirable war. Let us hope that is not the case." [A Man with a Ph.D. - Richard Gayle's Weblog]


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I upgraded my Blogshares account to premium membership, although I still have doubts about the stock-market metaphor of blogs. But the site is a fun place to visit.


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Apple Gets It Right With iTunes System: "What makes Apple's new music-distribution system so delicious (f not downright insidious) is that you don't think of it as a music distribution system. Apple has managed to fashion a near-perfect retail outlet on the Web." (AdAge.com via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]


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Apple Peeling Off: "While selling a half-million songs a week isn't bad, considering the service is only available to the 3 percent of computer users with Macintosh computers, some music execs had hoped the service would sell 1 million to 2 million tracks per week." (New York Post via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]