TAUZIN/DINGELL PASSES

Feb 27, 2002 | broadband, Politics

According to the Center for Responsible Politics, the Bells – Qwest, BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon – have contributed about $19.4 million to congressional campaigns since 1999. Slightly less huge companies such as AT&T, Sprint and Worldcom...

POLITICS: ENRON AND WHITEWATER

Jan 22, 2002 | Politics

I thought this was a particularly good discussion of the unfolding Enron scandal, well worth keeping in mind as the various players stake out their positions on the front page for the next six or eight months. It begins as a comparison of Whitewater and Enron at the...

PRIVACY

Sep 27, 2001 | news, Politics, security

One of the pieces of legislation being reviewed to deal with terrorism would permit Internet surveillance without a court order. The scope of that surveillance was debated at a Congressional committee meeting on Tuesday. The bill’s advocates argue that...

HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED?

Sep 21, 2001 | Politics

There’s an interesting perspective in this column by Michael Kinsley about whether we should automatically accept the notion that life in America has permanently changed for the worse after the terrorist bombing. He says, “Life was riskier than we realized...

DISASTER: RELIGIOUS RIGHT

Sep 14, 2001 | news, Politics

Despite past differences, you may have the impression that America has been united by this tragedy. I offer this without further comment. According to The Washington Post and the New York Times, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said that liberal civil liberties groups,...

DISASTER: CIVIL LIBERTIES

Sep 14, 2001 | news, Politics

The nation is entering into a debate about the relationship between privacy and national security. Regardless of where you stand, encourage the debate to be fair, reasonable, and deeply considered. A rush to cut off privacy and anonymity may seem tempting in light of...