Archive for June, 2003
Martha Stewart’s Case
Daily Kos has the goods on Martha Stewart:
Second, as a member of the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, (also called the Board of Governors), her conduct has to be above reproach. Since the Board was founded, the name officially changed in 1972, only one officer of the exchange has been charged […]
SARS on the wane in Taiwan?
Taiwan’s number of SARS probable cases continued to fall yesterday for the second consecutive day as three cases were reclassified and two more probable cases were reported.
Taipei Times
Tax Rates On Millionaires Have Plummeted Since WWII
Effective tax rates on millionaires have plummeted over the last 50 years while tax rates on the middle class have quintupled.
And here is a chart that makes it all quite clear:
Thanks to Calpundit. Here is a related Washington Post story.
The Wall
This image says it all:
Here is the original map, which shows some important details (like towns that are all but completely walled off) not captured in this illustration. But if you want more, read this post, and this one, and part two of the last one.
Thanks to Cursor.org for reminding me of this Amptoons piece.
Poverty Theme Park
I know their intentions are good, but this is just a bad idea:
Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit group that builds low-cost housing, is opening an unorthodox ”theme park” at its world headquarters this week designed to give tourists a look at the world’s worst slums.
Millard Fuller, founder of the organization, said he expects the […]
Aboriginal autonomous region bill passed
From what I can tell, this doesn’t really mean very much, but at least they are talking about it. I personally wonder how the details would work if they did get these autonomous regions going:
The Executive Yuan yesterday passed a draft bill on the establishment of the Aboriginal autonomous region, but Aboriginal lawmakers expressed lukewarm […]
Why I worry about genetically modified (GM) crops
Worldwide, GM crops are grown by at least six million farmers in 16 countries…Monsanto produces more than 90% of crops worldwide.
One company produces 90% of the crops grown by six million farmers in 16 countries!!!
Republican’s vs. States Rights
Big surprise: Turns out Republicans are not the champions of “states rights” they claim to be. Daily Kos quotes a Nathan Newman post about how Republicans are challenging a California Law which prevents companies from diverting state funds for anti-union campaigns. And over at Talk Left there is an article about how the Republicans have […]
Death Penalty Racist
This, of course, is nothing new. In the 1980s I helped run an Amnesty International campaign in my high school to block the death penalty because it was racist. At the time there was a case before the Supreme Court, but it got overturned…
Seven of the eight people facing serious execution dates in June are […]
Don’t Leave
Fareed Zakaria has some advice for the administration: Stick around and make sure those countries are rebuilt! I was against both wars, but I agree - if anything good is to be salvaged from these foolhardy adventures, we must stick around for a long time to make good on our promise of a better life!
Yes, […]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
