Found this in my visitor logs — The Center for Public Integrity. Lots of good sunlight on government practices up here — for instance this article on the quasi-VC fund…
Tag: USA
Orrin is clearly off the deep end here — I have to agree with the opinions expressed at Moore’s Lore, Orrin’s support for destroying property to protect copyrights is nearly…
The switch to Daylight Saving Time sucks. Losing an hour on a Sunday is no fun. C had a great point — why doesn’t the switch happen on a monday…
Iraq Techie Details. I think Tong must be the best web searcher on the planet — a great set of links for tech details of the war — Tong Family…
Project for the New American Century. Rich pointed me to this — Project for the New American Century. Worth reading.
America to European Comparison. Fascinating read Rich found — Tong Family Blog: America to European Comparison
National Driver’s License Database. Wow I didn’t know this existed — Welcome to the National Drivers License Database — kind of frightening.
Bush: “Our entire nation grieves’ for astronauts”. Too down to post yesterday — CNN.com – Bush: ‘Our entire nation grieves’ for astronauts – Feb. 1, 2003. Flag at our house…
Public Officials and Email. Maybe all public communication needs to happen in a blog or wiki — Judge rules council e-mails broke law
Sniper Rifle. Perhaps we shouldn’t leave enforcement of our limited gun regulations up to the weakest point in the chain — local retailers — Tacoma shop can’t account for 340…
Online Federal Tax payment. Tong points towards this site as the new age way to pay your taxes. But what is with the big disclaimer to not bookmark the site????…
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Finally read this over the weekend. One glaring hole I saw was the lack of treatment of vendors of cyberspace equipment as a class separate…
The World’s View of America. This looks like an interesting read — Granta: Granta 77: What We Think of America. What I’d really love to find tho is a collection…
Baruch Lev’s testimony to Congress A worthwhile read about corporate accounting and auditing, presented to Congress recently as part of Enron hearings. Per Baruch, our financial reporting is too narrow,…