Category: News

Howard Dean – Post-Mortem.  Now, this Washington Post article (free reg req'd) is an example of reporting that could not be done easily by a blogger. Or let's put it this way, it is unlikely that any blogger would take the time to interview many Dean camp insiders and then paint a picture of what… Continue reading Howard Dean – Post-Mortem

Boom Town, Soon Town.  Another interesting comparative read is Business 2.0's March feature on the next boom towns (access code: B2MAR3140) — “America's 20 hottest job markets” — and Inc.'s March feature on the top 25 cities for doing business in America. Let's start by looking at Business 2.0's top picks: Raleigh-Durham, NC San Jose,… Continue reading Boom Town, Soon Town

economic downturn = wretched choices. Reported here earlier about the Massachusetts Horticultural Society having to sell off their book collection for financial reasons. They sold the bulk of it to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Other rare books were sold at auction where they were dismantled, colored, and sold as illustrations. “Albert Burrage bequeathed his collection… Continue reading economic downturn = wretched choices

More books equal better brains.. When I worked for The Princeton Review, one of the things we used to tell students was that the only thing that really significantly correlated with test scores was income. If you had more money, you'd generally do better, no matter how you had done in school, how much you… Continue reading More books equal better brains.

Tories quit WMD intelligence inquiry. The Conservatives have withdrawn support for Tony Blair's inquiry into intelligence used in the run up to the Iraq war – saying they now realise that the government is preparing another whitewash. [The Scotsman]

Electronic Vote Faces Big Test of Its Security. Super Tuesday will be a big test for new touchscreen voting machines. But computer experts are worried about security issues. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]

Greenspan Urges Cuts to Social Security to Rein In Deficit. Congress was urged today to rein in entitlement benefits like Social Security and Medicare in order to cut budget deficits. By Kenneth N. Gilpin. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

U.S. Still Mining Terror Data. When Congress deep-sixed the Total Information Awareness program for fear it would compromise individual privacy, the government simply moved its research to various intelligence offices. [Wired News]

Elizabeth Drew: “This is no way to pick a possible president.” [Scripting News]

Pentagon tells Bush: Climate change can destroy us.. This came across my news feed: Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us. World: Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years · Threat to the world is greater than terrorism. This is going to have a… Continue reading Pentagon tells Bush: Climate change can destroy us.