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The Scowl vs. the Smile

Salon story by Tim Grieve describes Cheney and Edwards as polar opposites: "the starkest contrast between vice presidential candidates -- perhaps between…

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Slow News Day?

I'm puzzled by the coverage of the Councilman case, for example, today's story in Wired News.  The news spin seems to be that the Court found it complet…

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Medical Privacy

Rachel Greenstadt & Jean-Francois Raymond, Applications of Trusted Computing for Medical Privacy, PORTIA workshop, Stanford, June 15, 2004.…

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The Hot Alex Kozinski (Self-Described)

Article III Groupie received a self-nomination for its judicial hotties contest by Alex Kozinski.  The language seems authentic Kozinski.  Congrats to Article I…

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Iranians Expelled for Photos

The U.S. has expelled two Iranian security guards for taking photos around New York City.  But if the two were really taking photos designed to assist future te…

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Open Architecture as Communications Policy

Contact: Mark Cooper Director of Research Consumer Federation of America 301-384-2204 Policy Leaders Identify Open Architecture as the Key to Internet’s Broad…

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Bush Sr. Slimes Michael Moore

Just to confirm the civility and honor brought by the Bushes to the White House, parachute jumper George Herbert Walker Bush calls Michael Moore a "slimeba…

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Dick Cheney Feels Better

Dick Cheney acknowledges having used the F-word against Senator Patrick Leahy and then affirms his statement and says it made him feel better.  These are the pe…

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Bush Seeks Humane Use of Dogs

From a letter to the editor in today's NYT: To the Editor: Re "The White House Papers" (editorial, June 24): Have I got it right? The president…