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RoundTheWorldFlights.com 05/17/06

Another potential source of round the world ticket. It’s a nice trip planner interface and then it hands you off to affiliates for the actual purchase. Filed Under: Bargains, Guide, Travel comments on RoundTheWorldFlights.com

Ian MacKaye Interview 05/17/06

When self-proclaimed realists say that the music industry has its downsides, but “that’s the way things always work”, Fugazi proves them dead wrong. Still, as inspiring as Ian’s example is, we can’t sit around hoping that record executives will wake up one day and see the light; just as it would … Filed Under: Articles, Bands, Interview, Music comments on Ian MacKaye Interview

snackfight 05/17/06

Excellent source of mp3 downloads and musical tidbits. Filed Under: Blog, Downloads, Mp3, Music comments on snackfight

An imaginary scandal by Theodore Dalrymple 05/17/06

Oddly enough for a book supposedly by someone called Rahila Khan, the five stories about white boys are narrated in the first person, while the seven about Muslim girls are in the third person. Filed Under: Authors, Books, Culture comments on An imaginary scandal by Theodore Dalrymple

The James Madison Papers - (American Memor… 05/17/06

Filed Under: History, Literature, Philosophy comments on The James Madison Papers - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Copyright: A Broken Contract with the Publ… 05/17/06

Copyright law and ?Intellectual Property? are not about ownership or property. You own what you make. Other people own what they make. If someone walks into your house and takes what you have made without your permission, they have stolen what you have made. If you give what you have made … Filed Under: Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use comments on Copyright: A Broken Contract with the Public

News of the dead: Bill Gates: Copyright re… 05/17/06

Filed Under: Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use, Technology comments on News of the dead: Bill Gates: Copyright reformists are commies, all will bow before Windows Media

Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash 05/17/06

Paranoia about the looming oil crisis and ensuing shortages never gets old. What the topic really needs is a good disaster film, you can never have too many disaster/post apocalypse films. Filed Under: Auto, Paranoia, Society comments on Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash

The Nation | Article | Our Godless Constit… 05/17/06

Our Constitution makes no mention whatever of God. The omission was too obvious to have been anything but deliberate, in spite of Alexander Hamilton’s flippant responses when asked about it: According to one account, he said that the new nation was not in need of “foreign aid”; according to another, he … Filed Under: History, Philosophy comments on The Nation | Article | Our Godless Constitution | Brooke Allen

Prospect - article_details 05/17/06

Over the last 50 years, we in the west have enjoyed unparalleled economic growth. We have better homes, cars, holidays, jobs, education and above all health. According to standard economic theory, this should have made us happier. But surveys show otherwise. Filed Under: Health, Society, Sociology comments on Prospect - article_details