Jeffrey Rosen of GWU wrote about the current travails of federal court nominees; he thinks the process has been hijacked by single-issue interest groups on each side of the culture wars, and he may have a point.
Maybe, just maybe, a portable keyboard that's practical: a new patent has been issued for a one-handed version, details of which can be seen here. More techie stuff, but not real tricky: "How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked".
This sounds silly, but what if wireless transmitter towers could be replaced by hot air balloons? If that doesn't "float your boat," as it were, how about cyber-examining an 800-year old book? Lots of attractive links to other medieval sites/stories can be found there, too.
Let's gut environmental policy for oceans, shall we? And while we're at it, let's keep producing acid rain; there appears to be evidence that bird breeding patterns might be affected by it, and after all, all they do is produce noise, so who needs birds?
Posted by Linkmeister at August 12, 2002 04:12 PM