TomPaine.com asks the (im)pertinent question What Can $87 Billion Buy?, and summarizes with this week’s “op-ad”: How much is $87,000,000,000… $87 B is more than all state budget deficits in the United States, combined . President Bush wouldn’t help states deal with their deficits, even though his tax cuts helped drive down state revenues. $87 [...]
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
September 21st, 2003
Virtual Object Exchange
Joe in Uncategorized
Lotus Notes inventor Ray Ozzie seems to share one of my pet peeves Each fall, as I manually enter the entire Celtics season schedule, my company’s holidays and my childrens’ school calendars into my own personal calendar, I am again reminded how ridiculous it is that The Net has not yet ubiquitously embraced the everyday exchange of [...]
September 8th, 2003
Wandering Clarifier
Joe in politricks
Chris writes: Stewart Brand has called Brian Eno a “wandering clarifier.” I like that. and points us to a new Eno essay. Well, it’s a few weeks old now, but worth checking out. Here’s the lead: When I first visited Russia, in 1986, I made friends with a musician whose father had been Brezhnev’s personal [...]