The New York Review of Books has an interesting article written by David Cole about the government’s programs to monitor citizens in search of suspicious activity. Its acronym: Total Information Awareness. “In October 2003, Congress voted to end Total Information Awareness (TIA), a Pentagon plan […]
What an exciting event! I joined 30,000 of my fellow Kerry supporters for a rousing rally outside the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis last night. It rarely gets reported in the papers or on television how many people attend these Kerry events, but just look at […]
OK, I can’t help myself. I have to share these bits that I found recently perusing various journals and Web sites. It’s an election year, and obviously I have my opinions. The first chart is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This next graphic shows […]
A new report came out today from the weapons inspectors in Iraq. The verdict: no weapons of mass destruction. The New York Times calls the report “the starkest portrayal yet of a vast gap between the administration’s prewar assertions and what a 15-month inquiry has […]
Bruce was in town last night! A co-worker attended the show last night, and of course I am extremely jealous now. I’m kicking myself; I wish I would have went to the concert. I have been a Bruce fan since The River. Go Bruce! Note, […]
Frances FitzGerald has an interesting piece in the current issue of The New Yorker’s Talk of the Town. It regards missile defense, an issue I wrote briefly about when I received a questionnaire from the Republican party. While I knew it was always a favorite […]
I have to be careful; I own one of these. I didn’t realize I was “armed.” Here’s the story from the Associated Press: “TAMPA, Fla. — A weight may soon be lifted off a Maryland woman charged with carrying a concealed weapon in an airport. […]
For some reason or another, I received a copy of the “Official Census of the Republican Party” in the mail today. Let’s just say they missed their target audience with this piece of mail. Well, I actually know why I received a copy–Minnesota is a […]
A fable from my local newspaper: A stolen copy of a limited-edition copy of Aesop’s Fables, the famous children’s book that ends each story with a morality lesson, turned up in the hands of a young woman who allegedly intended to pawn it at a […]