Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html
war
long article about the gas attacks on the Kurds in Iraq
http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?020325fa_FACT1
Food Drops Found to Do Little Good
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/085/nation/Food_drops_found_to_do_little_goodP.shtml
Towers Withstood Impact, But Fell to Fire, Report Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/nyregion/29TOWE.html?pagewanted=print
the case against Zacarias Moussaoui
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000022873mar30.story
US Rejects Military Involvement in Caspian Dispute
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp031702.shtml
An Introduction to the US Military
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/
In Colombia, Anti-Drug Plan Has Come a Cropper
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000022646mar29.story
civil liberties and security
For Chilean Coup, Kissinger Is Numbered Among the Hunted
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/international/americas/28KISS.html
President Is Urged to Shun Gifts Muslim Donors Target of Raids
(now he has to decide whether groups he's raiding are presumptive terrorists)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28721-2002Mar27.html
privacy aspects of the automobile "black box"
http://www.phillyburbs.com/intelligencerrecord/article1.asp?F_num=1484073
Ridge: Link Driver's License, Visa
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2002/0311/web-driver-03-15-02.asp
How IBM Helped Automate the Nazi Death Machine in Poland
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0213/black.php
New Yahoo Privacy Policy Expands Sharing of User Data
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2002/03/28/financial1554EST0183.DTL&nl=biz
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_1000341,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-871730.html
somewhat uncritical article on security of the domain name system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A33447-2002Mar28?language=printer
"Critical" Holes Trouble Microsoft
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-871771.html
Atomic Apocalypse Barely Averted at the Davis-Besse Reactor
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0329-04.htm
Nuclear Plants Said to Face Big Attack Risk
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000021868mar26.story
The Next World Order
http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?020401fa_FACT1
All Security, All the Time
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000022998mar31.story
intellectual property
US Prepares to Invade Your Hard Drive
http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/29/hollings_bill/
another rant on the mandatory copy-protection bill
(including the not-implausible theory that it's unpronounceable on purpose)
http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/2002-03.html
outline of the current politics of technology and copyright
http://www.farces.com/stories/storyReader$414
Hollywood Embraces Big-Brother Tactics
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000022994mar31.story
Webcasting Legally
http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/webcasting.html
Web Radio's Last Stand
http://salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/26/web_radio/print.html
"critics accuse Clear Channel of shady radio deals and nasty concert business"
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/03/27/beltway/
Napster Gets 10 Months to Prove Claim Against Record Companies
(put out a call on the Internet for people with direct knowledge to help them)
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000021992mar27.story
Dutch Ruling Bolsters File-Traders' Prospects
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-870396.html
USACM letter on an extreme database protection bill in Georgia
http://www.acm.org/usacm/Georgia_Database_Bill.htm
tool for automatically collecting news on a given topic
http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/2002/Mar02/r032602b.html
politics
Whitewater: Where's the Media Mea Culpa?
http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2002/03/28/whitewater/
The Smoke Machine
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/opinion/29KRUG.html?pagewanted=print
a 1981 article about Richard Mellon Scaife's political activities
(it goes to show what money can buy)
http://www.cjr.org/year/01/6/oldpieces/1981excerpt.asp
review of the Economic Report of the President
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15243
use of polls by the Bush administration
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0204.green.html
GOP Lawmakers and White House Cite a Growing Rift
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/politics/29REPU.html
site that tracks the conservative movement
http://www.mediatransparency.org/
How Power Shapes the News
http://www.fair.org/reports/ff2001.html
Swastikas Given as Joke Stir Up Recipients in Idaho Legislature
http://204.228.236.37/Search/Story.asp?ID=6044
jargon watch: "It's overly simplistic to say if we eliminate ..."
(this formulaic statement is deceptive in at least three different ways)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000022828mar30.story
article about the Data Quality Act
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/21/politics/21DATA.html?pagewanted=print
Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries
http://alaska.usgs.gov/BSR-2002/usgs-brd-bsr-2002-001.html
everything else
Enron's Creditors, Shareholders Spar Over Millions in Partnerships
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZNUTW2DZC
Chagrined Enron Partners Try to Stave Off Both Losses and Scandal's Taint
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/business/31INVE.html?pagewanted=print
Enron In-House Aftershocks
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZVC7JPBZC
Palm Official Says Microsoft Hinders Access
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33532-2002Mar28.html
Settlement Plan Gives Microsoft More Power, Gateway Lawyer Testifies
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2934512.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20020326S0009
meeting to set agenda for EU wireless research, Brussels, 9-10 April 2002
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka4/mobile/concertation/7concertagenda.htm
Philosopher's Critique of Online Learning Cites Existentialists (Mostly Dead)
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002031501u.htm
The Impact of State Anti-Spam Laws
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2002/wood-2002-03.html
"Silence Machine" Zaps Unwanted Noise
(despite promises, I'm still waiting for consumer-grade noise cancellation)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992094
earlier version of the very weird new US stamp
http://www.linns.com/images/stamps/2001/2001us_eagle.jpg
Really Big Doings at the Ports
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-000022329mar28.story
Rethinking Black Holes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/25/MN46969.DTL
Some in South Korea Opt for a Trim When English Trips the Tongue
("English makes children's lives hell!")
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000023182mar31.story
Arctic Ice and Way of Life Melting Away for Eskimos
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000023180mar31.story
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