JOHO the BlogDavid Weinberger's weblog. (JOHO = Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization)Call Your Senator- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The Homeland Security Act is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution for civil liberties. Today and maybe tomorrow is the only chance you'll have to tell your Senator to vote AGAINST it. You can get your Senator's phone number here. (If you live in Massachusetts, Kerry is at (202) 224-2742 and Kennedy is at (202) 224-4543.http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85675457 Mad Magazine on Gulf Wars- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Have a laugh. It may be the last one for a while...http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85676541 It's a Google Universe- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Craig Allen points us to a science fictionish story by Paul Ford about how Google could become the center of the known universe.http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85678855 AKMA and Derrida:- (Found July 8, 2008 ) AKMA casually mentions that he's going to hang with Derrida. Get Buddy Rich on the drums and you've got a group that will swing!http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85678869 The Register on Poindexter- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The Register has a good screed about W's appointing convicted felon and anti-Constitutionalist John Poindexter to be in charge of the world's most invasive database. You can read William Safire on the same topic here. (Thanks to Greg Cavanagh for the link.http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85679446 21st Century Education- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The Boston Globe has an editorial today about the MCAS, the standardized test required to get a high school degree. It gives two examples. First,http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/index.html#85666214 |