New Poll Finds Bush Priorities Are Out of Step With Americans. Americans are increasingly resistant to the president's plan to revamp Social Security, according to a Times/CBS News poll. By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JANET ELDER. [NYT > Home Page]
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Lock up your Daughters (and Sons, and their friends)
Lock up your Daughters (and Sons, and their friends). Tonight I happened to be in a room where a commercial for Fox News was on the television. I heard a teaser for a news item – a curfew has been proposed for teenagers in New York City. Appalled at such an idea, I flew to… Continue reading Lock up your Daughters (and Sons, and their friends)
Where are you now GW?
Where are you now GW?. George Washington’s foreign policy: “a foreign policy of armed and vigilant neutrality (i.e., commerce and friendship with all, entangling alliances with none).” [Curiouser and curiouser!]
On Social Security: Fun With Numbers
On Social Security: Fun With Numbers. The Social Security debate rages on. Clearly, changes are necessary, but which ones? [The Motley Fool]
Shredding Law and Human Rights in the War on Terrorism
Shredding Law and Human Rights in the War on Terrorism. Newsweek: Aboard Air CIA. The evidence backing up Masri's account of being “snatched” by American operatives is only the latest blow to the CIA in the ongoing detention-abuse scandal. Together with previously disclosed flight plans of a smaller Gulfstream V jet, the Boeing 737's travels… Continue reading Shredding Law and Human Rights in the War on Terrorism
Experts: Global Warming Is Real
Experts: Global Warming Is Real. Studies that measure ocean temperature rather than air temperature are more accurate in determining whether the climate is changing, scientists say. And the newest studies conclude that the planet is warming up, and people are to blame for it. [Wired News]
ChoicePoint ain't the victim here
ChoicePoint ain't the victim here. I'm so freaking sick of today's headlines claiming that “hackers” somehow broke into ChoicePoint's (obscenely comprehensive) consumer databases and obtained information which allowed them to then steal people's identities. This is a story that's been discussed on Dave Farber's Interesting People mailing list since yesterday, and the truth of the… Continue reading ChoicePoint ain't the victim here
Study predicts city flood threat due to warming
Study predicts city flood threat due to warming. WASHINGTON — By the end of this century, global warming threatens to raise the sea level enough that a heavy storm would send flood waters into Boston's downtown waterfront, the Financial District, and much of the Back Bay, based on projections in a federally funded report to… Continue reading Study predicts city flood threat due to warming
House approves electronic ID cards | CNET News.com
House approves electronic ID cards | CNET News.com. The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday a sweeping set of rules aimed at forcing states to issue all adults federally approved electronic ID cards, including driver's licenses. Under the rules, federal employees would reject licenses or identity cards that don't comply, which could curb Americans'… Continue reading House approves electronic ID cards | CNET News.com
Juan Cole's
Juan Cole's metric for an informed opinion on Iraq: (insert name here)…knows absolutely nothing about Iraq. I wonder if he has even ever read a single book on Iraq, much less written one. He knows no Arabic. He has never lived in an Arab country. He can't read Iraqi newspapers or those of Iraq's neighbors.… Continue reading Juan Cole's