Archive for March, 2002
Facts and Figures from this Week’s Times
According to the Times is a Web-only feature highlighting facts and figures culled from the week’s news. It appears on Thursdays.
Blogg Tools
If you are looking for tools to run your own blog, I have a section on my bookmarks page. Some of the tools are free, and some are very easy to run and even come with free web space to post your blog!
Arafat under middle-of-house arrest
(Guardian)
Israeli troops have taken over Yasser Arafat’s headquarters, switched off the electricity and telephone and confined him to one floor of the building.
(Also, the BBC)
Pakistan’s Tribal Leaders Send Warning to US
(NYTimes)
Tribal leaders from the treacherous mountainous areas along the border with Afghanistan have an unambiguous message for American commanders who have suggested that they might enter the region in pursuit of Al Qaeda fighters: Don’t…. That warning must be taken seriously; ages ago, Alexander the Great was turned back, and for the last 53 years, […]
NYTimes - products that should exist, but don’t
(NYTimes)
Here are some ideas for new products that should exist, but don’t; at least, not according to the exhaustive search conducted by my research staff (that is, my wife on Google). If you’re an inventor, take these ideas with my blessings. I ask nothing in return but a smile, a firm handshake and 10 percent […]
Billy Wilder Obit
(NYTimes)
Billy Wilder, the caustic writer and director who won six Academy Awards and international acclaim as one of the world’s great filmmakers and then spent the last 21 years of his vivid life imploring Hollywood to let him make another movie, died on Wednesday night at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 95.
New Blog!
It is so easy to create a blog, that I decided I’d add one for information technology related news. I’ll be posting links to useful research tools, web sites, and technological developments. Stay tuned!
The Nation’s Middle East Web Report Page
The Nation regularly reports on, investigates and analyzes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We’ve devoted this special web page to related material on the Middle East. Currently, you can find recent relevant Nation articles, links to other groups offering background information and a recommended-reading list. In the days ahead, we’ll be adding Nation archival material from […]
Analysis Finds Race Disparity in School Tests
(NYTimes)
New York State has broken down elementary and middle school standardized test scores by race and ethnicity for the first time and found that white and Asian students do much better than black and Hispanic students in English and mathematics.
Afghan death toll rises
(Guardian)
More than 2,000 are feared dead as Afghans race to rescue buried victims of worst earthquake in living memory …
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