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Civil Rights Today: A Lament

So why did Bush declare that he was against slavery, when questioned about the Supreme Court? My guess is that anything else in the civil rights agenda was too…

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Bush Won't Pick Pro-Slavery Justice

George W. Bush: Uh, let me give you a couple of examples I guess of the kind of person I wouldn't pick. I wouldn't pick a judge who said that the Pledge…

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Bush Afraid of Unscripted Questions

George Bush has difficulty appearing alone in the face of any unscripted questions.  The Washington Post reports: "Bush has held the fewest solo news conf…

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Back from Brazil

I return to blogging after a wonderful visit to Brazil.  I deeply appreciate my gracious host, Luiz Vigil, Dean of the Escola Superior do Minesterio Publico, in…

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Schneier on RFID

Amplifying Steve: Bruce Schneier just wrote a good op-ed in the International Herald Tribune on RFID.…

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RFID in our wallets

The Virginia legislature heard testimony today about the wisdom of implanting RFID chips in their state driver's licenses.  No state currently uses RFID chi…

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Areas of interest

Area of interest (1): The Safe Harbor data protection system I am interested in the (practical) advantages and disadvantages of the Safe Harbor framework the E…