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Time for World to Reject American Domination of World Bank
The Bush Administration has humbled America further, falling further from its once proud status as the admired and unrivaled leader of the free world at the tur…
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Orphan Works
I am starting to post some of my thoughts on individual questions at http://academiccopyright.typepad.com. I am trying to get all six questions done today, bu…
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Ghastly Reminder: We Killed People in Our Custody
According to the NY Times, "At least 26 prisoners have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002 in what Army and Navy investigators have…
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Free the Harvard 119
Harvard Business School has summarily rejected applicants who had taken an early peek at the School's decision on their candidacy. Some clever person with…
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First Scandal, Then the Cover-Up
Halliburton billed more than a $100 million in excess for fuel imported into Iraq (by the way, how galling must this be for Iraqis, who hold the second largest…
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Peter Wayner
Monday March 14, 2005 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Room 271 Free and Open to all! Lunch Served Many of the stores and websites defend their huge collections of personal i…
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Teaching Your iPod to Dance
The problem with the iPod is not only Apple's claim to having a monopoly on legitimate sources of purchased downloaded music (that is, Apple's claim tha…
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What if your Sony could read you Haiku?
A comment on my blog notes that iRiver music players do not have proprietary loading technologies. That comments prompts further reflection: Why do Sony and A…
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Singapore Ranks #1 in Network Readiness
The World Economic Forum releases its annual report card on "network readiness." Singapore moves to #1, the U.S. drops to #5. Here's the report.…
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Andhra promotes one-girl child families
BBC reports that Indian state Andhra Pradesh will offer cash incentives to parents to have one girl, and one girl only. (Pictured is local hero, Sania Mirza, t…
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Brown People Want to be Free, Too
David Brooks odd column yesterday reveals how conservative thinking has shifted on "brown-skinned" people. Recall that Brooks applauds Wolfowitz for…
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The One That Got Reported
This is Steve Bell's cartoon in the Guardian. We can't prejudge the reactions of Coalition troops as they seek to protect themselves in a hostile and o…