Monthly Archives: October 2001

Fiscal policy has been aimed at avoiding recessions and inflation in recent times. But as the U.S. economy slows, another potential threat looms — deflation. More in my Wednesday column. Comments

Last night’s West Wing episode, which dealt with the terrorist attacks, was lame in places but overall not bad. It was more of a seminar than anything else. The writers borrowed from Tamim Ansary’s superb essay in the wake of … Continue reading →

Brett Glass: Immune Response. What biology can teach us about appropriate responses to terrorism. Comments

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has reacted to a firestorm of criticism about proposed changes that would allow technology companies to highjack Net standards into patented products. This response shows that the W3C at least understands why people are … Continue reading →

Well, I downloaded the Star Office 6.0 beta and attempted to install it on a Windows 2000 machine. It failed to install properly, and I can’t even uninstall it properly because the setup file crashes when I run it. Guess … Continue reading →

Salon is getting flak because it’s charging people to read news articles. I sent my money a while back to help support a worthy journalistic enterprise, and I urge you to do the same if you want Salon to survive. … Continue reading →