Articles

OK, so I have too much time on my hands. Or it's a case of a compulsive disorder, and I just can't stop writing about all sorts of things I know too little about. Before my Day Book, I had this: a collection of articles. Enjoy.

• Democracy and War: Can weapons bring democracy to Iraq?
• Iraq and Nazi Germany: a false comparison
• The Myths Concerning Iraq or how we're being lied to by our esteemed warmongering leaders and media

Politics

• Peace Dividend, Peace Schmividend: Why do I want the Russkies back?
• Death Penalty: Two wrongs do not make a right.
• Global Warming: Are we really just helpless passengers on Spaceship Earth?
• Monopolies: Hating Microsoft is so fashionable these days...
• Nuclear Energy: Splitting the atom is the key to our future. Cowering in fear of the unknown is the path back to the cave.
• U.S. Elections: everybody has an opinion it seems, so why shouldn't I have one?

Ramblings

• Good-bye, my little phone: or why I cancelled my Bell Mobility account
• Mathworld, Amazon, and the topic of corporate censorship

Science and Technology

• Does your VCR clock work?
• Jules Verne was an amazing visionary. Most of the time, the predictions of science fiction are way off the mark; Verne's forecasts proved amazingly accurate!
• Product Activation: which products use it, and why you shouldn't
• Pseudoscience: Why is it so fashionable not to think straight?
• Space: We're out there... well, we put our little toe out there. Isn't it time for more?
• Y2K: Will the world end in 2000 because of faulty computer software?