Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html Pick Hit: Greg Brown, Dream Cafe war Operation Enduring Freedom: Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Bombing Casualties http://www.comw.org/pda/0201oef.html Shoe-Bomb Flight: A Trial Run? (informative article from a few weeks ago) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/06/MN222117.DTL For the Sufis, Taliban's Fall Means a Revival http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/023/nation/For_the_Sufis_Taliban_s_fall_means_a_revival+.shtml Analysis of the Source of the Anthrax Attacks http://www.fas.org/bwc/news/anthraxreport.htm Irradiated Mail Sickens US Workers (also from a few weeks ago) http://www.msnbc.com/news/686155.asp civil liberties and security Police in Chechnya Accuse Russia's Troops of Murder http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/25/international/europe/25CHEC.html?pagewanted=all new attempts to define peaceful demonstrations as felony "eco-terrorism" (inflated uses of the word "terrorism" are incredibly dangerous) http://la.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=14349 Europeans See Americans "Making Up Rules" on Taliban in Cuba http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0124-01.htm What Is an "Unlawful Combatant", and Why It Matters http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20020123.html Strengthening Homeland Security (what they're proposing) http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020124-2.html http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/24/rec.bush.mayors/ "aggregators that sell info to the feds aren't liable for its accuracy" http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020124_0582.htm The New National ID Card Is In Your Wallet http://www.privacyfoundation.org/commentary/tipsheet.asp?id=53&action=0 argh! Direct Marketing Association claims opt-in hurts charities (typical typical typical -- ten bucks says their numbers are inflated) http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173889.html Brazil Considers Prepaid Mobile Phone Ban (it's been suggested in the US too -- I think this will be a big issue) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1777000/1777516.stm the Bush scandals Investors Lured to Enron Deals by Inside Data http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/25/business/25PART.html Panels Investigating Whether Enron Used Insider Information (reconnecting the California energy disaster to the larger Enron scandal) http://www.dallasnews.com/business/stories/24etrades.aed5c.html Enron: History of Human Rights Abuse in India http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/01/enron_012302.htm All Enron Cards on the Table http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28606-2002Jan23.html Cheney Again Refuses to Give Energy Policy Details http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20020123/pl/enron_cheney_dc_1.html Enron hid its finances the same way as Osama bin Laden http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/opinion/news_1e23komisar.html NSC Aided Enron's Efforts http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34646-2002Jan24.html For Gramms, Enron Is Hard to Escape http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34668-2002Jan24.html Enron-Type Accounting Problems Widespread, ex-SEC Chief Says http://www.msnbc.com/news/693330.asp "the SEC must now issue a meaningful rule on auditor independence" http://www.fool.com/Server/FoolPrint.asp?File=/news/foth/2002/foth020123.htm http://writ.news.findlaw.com/aronson/20020124.html Did Andersen Speed Up the Shredding? http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020124_3182.htm FBI Plays Public Relations Game at Enron http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,37-2002038428,00.html more news links about Enron than you could possibly want http://enron.newstrove.com/ politics "an astonishing $4 trillion of projected surpluses has vanished" (were they ever real, or were they inflated to promote irrational tax cuts?) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28609-2002Jan23.html "crucially, the figures also assume that the tax cuts will be reversed in 2010" (the only rational explanation is they're trying to shut down the government) http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=962420 agency-by-agency budget summary http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28268-2002Jan23.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28218-2002Jan23.html NY Times reporter praises the "Bias" book -- even though it makes no sense (the capacity for rational thought is dissolving before our eyes) http://www.dailyhowler.com/h012402_1.shtml good example of a liberal misguidedly surrendering a symbol to the vandals (if they're besmirching the flag, fly it higher and reassert its real meaning) http://usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/01/23/ncguest2.htm more polling information than you could possibly want http://pollingreport.com/ music Sandy Carter's record reviews http://www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=60 everything else Antitrust Group to Sue Microsoft, DOJ (claiming DOJ didn't reveal information on its sellout in the Microsoft case) http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67654,00.html http://news.com.com/2100-1001-821418.html Stop the Microsoft Witch-Hunt! http://www.conservativehq.com/012402.htm The FEC Proposed Voting Systems Standard Update http://www.notablesoftware.com/Papers/FECRM.html Bad eBay Experience Spurs Internet Manhunt http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-020124ebay.story Silicon Valley Debug ("the voice of the young and temporary") http://www.siliconvalleydebug.com/ Social Science History, St. Louis, 24-27 October 2002 http://www.ssha.org/ssha2002/ Pierre Bourdieu, Leading French Thinker, Dies at 71 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/obituaries/24WIRE-BOURDIEU.html Left Behind: The Kids Presents The Underground Membership Kit http://www.leftbehind.com/kids_kit/ugmk_1.html end
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