I've read articles by this man; now comes an account of an interview with Bernard Lewis (author of What Went Wrong, an analysis of the Arab world's fall from enlightenment after its heights during the Middle Ages).
Also from the region, Friedman writes about India and democracy. On PBS' News Hour the other night, he proposed what he calls his "motor scooter" theory: a country's economy is growing when bicycles are abandoned for bikes. Sure it's simplistic, but there's a kernel of logic behind it.
"I have no desire to have an enemy combatant get out of any status," Doumar said. "However, I do think that due process requires something other than a basic assertion by someone named Mobbs that they have looked at some papers and therefore they have determined he should be held incommunicado. Just think of the impact of that. Is that what we're fighting for?" So spoke the judge in yesterday's hearing about Hamdi, the man the Feds call an "unlawful enemy combatant," currently in Federal custody.
Jon pointed me (and others missing his witty repartee) towards this article, which ponders the ability of the Administration to maintain a rep for competence despite, in the author's view, numerous demonstrations of its lack of same.
The ACLU has launched an anti-TIPS site, called TIPS Watch. On another "rights" front, here's a useful call to arms in the copyright battles in Congress.
How about a space elevator to replace expensive shuttle flights?
Posted by Linkmeister at August 14, 2002 04:46 PM