By Jun 14,2003

Bugging the Digital Age

Developing search engines almost cost four college students $97,800,000,000. That’s 97.8 billion dollars–the amount the Recording Industry Association of America requested for damages in a recent lawsuit against the four...

By May 06,2003

A tale of two diseases

For a population still jittered by heightened security alerts, ongoing attacks overseas, and the global SARS pandemic, the recent outrage over obesity almost provides an element of comic relief. But...

By Nov 11,2002

Bubble Wrap Under Attack

The latest asbestos boondoggle involves the Saddle Brook, New Jersey inventor of Bubble Wrap and an activist judge whose specialty is fortune-telling. Were this a Tom Wolfe novel, a promising...

By Oct 05,2002

Copyright and the Court’s Right

This week, the Supreme Court will listen to oral arguments in Eldred v Ashcroft. I don’t blame you if you haven’t heard about it; the case has not been publicized...

By Oct 04,2002

TheTruth.Con-descension

Please allow me to preface this commentary by stating that I am not a smoker. Personally, I find cigarette smoke to be rather nauseating. However, if I turn on my...

By May 03,2002

Media Fallout

The media are often accused of playing chicken little, shouting that the sky is falling, but a new study purports to show that chicken little was right. USA Today broke...