Compare and contrast: Krugman's column in the NYT Friday and James Glassman's column for Tech Central Station. The topic is CEO perks and pay.
Civil liberties: Let's have the Pentagon and the CIA prowl through Americans' private documents and lives--a great idea! Oh, and have you heard about Choicepoint? It's a data collection firm in Georgia which has come under fire for buying personal data about Mexican citizens and selling it to the United States government. Now Mexico is furious, because that data may have come from voter information files, which are kept much more secret in Mexico than in the US.
How far will the pro-extractive forces in this Administration go? Well, read how an upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian has been changed and judge for yourselves. Denials abound, of course. And on Friday, Interior issued a rule saying some 250 million acres of land will no longer be considered wilderness. That means oil, coal and other development may be allowed on some of the country's most beautiful places (see photos in the article).
Posted by Linkmeister at May 4, 2003 11:30 AM