All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

this looks like it might be interesting….

this sort of speaks a wee bit negatively toward the way the republican party thinks about sex. but maybe they just believe it should be deregulated? no, their marriage policy somehwat contrary to that, hmmm…. well, remember tailhook?

New WSIS papers from APC. A grant from Canada's International Development Agency enabled the Association for Progressive Communications to commission two studies on the hottest issues emerging from WSIS-1: Internet governance and funding ICT development in the “South.” Both documents have just been posted on… [InternetPolicy.net]

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worth the read….

this looks like an interesting group

the switch is soda, it is also pure juice, it is carbonated. it isn't sweetened. it is good.

Waging War On Wal-Mart. George Will’s piece in the current Newsweek, “Waging War On Wal-Mart” argues that Zoning and other laws used to block Wal-Marts from opening are, in effect, tariffs serving domestic protectionism. Talk about protecting “a sense of community” often is avarice masquerading as altruism. It is rent-seeking—the use of government to… [Outside the Beltway]

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if there was ever a thing to wage war on…..

Group promotes “digital ubiquity” at home. “The job of connecting all the consumer electronics devices in your home is getting a boost with the formation of an alliance of some 145 consumer and electronics companies,” Michael Singer wrote on Wi-Fi Planet . “The consortium [is] now… [InternetPolicy.net]

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ubiquity is the big question here.

it looks good, very very good. the new osx tiger server.

while i can see the argument, i can also see that more people are seeing the issues involved in graduate school, the expectations, etc…. and actually being fairly critical.

Scientists Now Need OK to Consult WHO. Now specific US government scientists can't even be selected to advise
international bodies without approval – the government will choose who
gets to give advice. I wonder whether or not those chosen will have
opinions in line with what the administration wants rather than what
the science says… silly question, isn't it – we already know the
answer.

Scientists Now Need OK to Consult WHO (AP).
AP – Government scientists must now be cleared by a Bush political
appointee before they can lend their expertise to the World Health
Organization, a change that a Democratic lawmaker said fits a pattern
of politicizing science. [Yahoo! News - Science]

[David Harris' Science & Literature]

The continuing degradation of American science by politically appointed hacks. This is beginning to sound like the old Soviet Union where only scientists who had been vetted by the government could speak outside the country, and Nobel prize winners were kept in house arrrest. I wonder what Linus Pauling would do (the only winner of a science Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize)? [A Man with a Ph.D. - Richard Gayle's Weblog]

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i imagine he would be very disturbed by this sort of things, i know that it disturbs me, and that in the normal human course of events it should disturb everyone. even the possibility of blocking expertise from the world health organization is morally wrong.