THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

Sep 30, 2002 | news, Politics

MSNBC has a wonderful article about an unexpected side effect of global warming – huge ice blocks, 22 lbs or more, which form in the upper atmosphere on clear days and fall to earth, smashing car windshields and ripping holes in houses. Don’t look at me like that –...

CYBERTERRORISM (NOT)

Jul 10, 2002 | news, Politics

More interesting reading at The Register: a deeply cynical article bashing the press for repeating stories about alleged threats of cyberterrorism. The government is beating the drums about the likelihood that al-Quaeda technology whizzes are about to level cities...

TAUZIN/DINGELL PASSES

Feb 27, 2002 | broadband, Politics

According to the Center for Responsible Politics, the Bells – Qwest, BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon – have contributed about $19.4 million to congressional campaigns since 1999. Slightly less huge companies such as AT&T, Sprint and Worldcom...

POLITICS: ENRON AND WHITEWATER

Jan 22, 2002 | Politics

I thought this was a particularly good discussion of the unfolding Enron scandal, well worth keeping in mind as the various players stake out their positions on the front page for the next six or eight months. It begins as a comparison of Whitewater and Enron at the...

PRIVACY

Sep 27, 2001 | news, Politics, security

One of the pieces of legislation being reviewed to deal with terrorism would permit Internet surveillance without a court order. The scope of that surveillance was debated at a Congressional committee meeting on Tuesday. The bill’s advocates argue that...

HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED?

Sep 21, 2001 | Politics

There’s an interesting perspective in this column by Michael Kinsley about whether we should automatically accept the notion that life in America has permanently changed for the worse after the terrorist bombing. He says, “Life was riskier than we realized...