Grant Goodman, an 81-year-old retired University of Kansas history professor, drew attention to the policy after a letter he received from a colleague in the Philippines was opened and resealed by Customs and Border Protection, and only … [Read more...]
More on the UAE/ports deal
From today's Christian Science Monitor:"What we're seeing is a very unfortunate knee-jerk reaction in terms of the Muslim world," says Lester Lave, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, noting … [Read more...]
Good God, could George W. Bush be right?
So here's the story, as I understand it. Until recently, a British company (P&O Port), managed port operations at major ports in six American cities, including New York. That company has now been bought by a state-owned … [Read more...]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The NY Times reports today, in a story not to be missed: "In a seven-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for … [Read more...]
Free air time: a better campaign finance reform
There's been a lot of talk lately about public financing of political campaigns. Personally, I'm skeptical. A true system of public financing would be phenomenally expensive, and I doubt that most Americans want to see that many … [Read more...]
Spoilsports
"You donât have to be an expert to judge downhill skiing, fastest one wins." Well, if lack of rules is what makes a sport then I guess snowboarding, with a 114-page official rulebook is twice as much a sport as NCAA football, which has a … [Read more...]
60 Minutes does excellent work on global warming
... and yes, we're all hosed. Due to CO2 that humans have already released into the air, we're already talking about an adjustment period of hundreds of years -- even if we stopped altogether right away."When you look at the American … [Read more...]
Stating the obvious in headlines
The Globe has a doozy today: "GOP bid to shore up ethics seems to lose momentum.". Now, there's a shocker, seeing as the effort is spearheaded by new Majority Leader John Boehner, who thought it was a good idea to pass out tobacco bribes … [Read more...]
Ohio Debate Continues
The National Election Data Archive, a group of volunteer mathematicians, has released A Novice's Guide to Why the Ohio 2004 Exit Poll Discrepancy Matters to Americans and How We Can Ensure the Integrity of Future Elections. The report … [Read more...]
Cheney shooting story suddenly gets a lot less funny
Wire services are reporting that Harry Whittington, who was shot by Vice President Cheney on a hunting trip, has suffered a heart attack, apparently because some of the birdshot that remains in his body migrated close to his heart. He … [Read more...]
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