Jun 04,2006
The Dutch disease
One might say that the modern history of Holland is the history of Europe, writ small.
Jun 04,2006
Electronic voting is for the birds
We've grown accustomed to assuming that computerized devices are always better than older technologies. That's true of most devices, but it's probably not true of voting machines. When it comes...
Jun 04,2006
Google bias
On a daily basis, most of us visit Google more often than the water cooler, bathroom, and break room combined. “Visit” is, of course, a figure of speech. It’s sometimes...
May 29,2006
George Clooney’s neocon moment
Though liberals like George Clooney won't want to admit their slide to a neoconservative foreign policy, they might not have a choice regarding Darfur.
May 29,2006
One tune fits all
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is quickly becoming the Rockefeller of the music industry. Online music sales are exploding–almost tripling since last year–while overall album sales have declined 3.9 percent in...
May 22,2006
‘Melodrama’
1. “Love, O Careless Love,” Susan Lark’s clock-radio bleated and sobbed in alarm, awakening her with a start from the sound sleep she had nearly talked herself into believing she...