Archive for August, 2002
She’s No Martha:. by Noy Thrupkaew.
“On the issue of Martha Stewart versus Julia Child, the world is clearly divided into two camps. Perhaps you love Martha — her freakishly neat ways, her ability to strangle the warmth out of homemaking, the artificially manufactured twinkle in her eye. Or perhaps you love Julia — the hooting voice, the happily sloppy technique, […]
US prison figures rise
“A record 6.6 million people in the United States were either in jail or under community supervision at the end of last year, according to new statistics released by the US Justice Department.
The numbers, which showed an increase of 147,700 from the previous year, now mean a total of one in 32 adults throughout the […]
A Shot Across the Bow From the Darkness
“Ironically, FISA was enacted as a reform in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Richard Nixon previously asserted the right to conduct unilateral searches in the name of national security, and Congress sought a compromise to create some form of legal process and review. It was a compromise that many would come to regret. While […]
US city where you can be guilty until proven innocent
“Civil liberties campaigners have responded with anger to the news that, for the last three months, Wilmington police have been compiling a database of people whom they believe are likely to break the law in the future.
At least 200 people have had their photographs taken and stored, along with personal information, to aid police in […]
Bush on Fire
“In fact, the government doesn’t make money when it sells timber rights to loggers. According to the General Accounting Office, the Forest Service consistently spends more money arranging timber sales than it actually gets from the sales. How much money? Funny you should ask: last year the Bush administration stopped releasing that information. In any […]
In Kabul, Influx Of Refugees Puts Health at Risk
“"Every 24 hours, 2 million people produce 800 cubic meters of solid waste. If all 40 of our trucks make three trips a day, they can still transport only 200 to 300 cubic meters out of the city," said Abdul Rashid Janbaz, the city planning director. "Kabul is turning into one big reservoir of solid […]
Return of a Violence Auteur
Tarantino returns next year!
“"Kill Bill," in contrast, pays homage to the "grindhouse" exploitation films produced by the Shaw brothers of Hong Kong and others. Unlike the current hits, which avoid serious bloodshed, these cult films
In Race to Tap the Euphrates, the Upper Hand Is Upstream
“By 2015, according to estimates from the United Nations and the United States government, at least 40 percent of the world’s population, or about three billion people, will live in countries where it is difficult or impossible to get enough water to satisfy basic needs.
"The signs of unsustainability are widespread and spreading," said Sandra Postel, […]
War game was fixed to ensure American victory, claims general
“The biggest war game in US military history, staged this month at a cost of
Secret Court Says F.B.I. Aides Misled Judges in 75 Cases
“But in a number of cases, the court said, the F.B.I. and the Justice Department had made "erroneous statements" in eavesdropping applications about "the separation of the overlapping intelligence and criminal investigators and the unauthorized sharing of FISA information with F.B.I. criminal investigators and assistant U.S. attorneys."
"How these misrepresentations occurred remains unexplained to the court," […]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
