Day October 23, 2003

Rumsfeld, as usual, blames everyone but self U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is asking whether the country is doing enough to win the war on terrorism, citing “mixed results” in the fight against al-Qaida. Mr. Rumsfeld made the remarks in a…

Europe slaps Microsoft again Dealing yet another blow to Microsoft, the European Commission has offered an extensive road map to guide governments toward open-source software and away from proprietary technology. This is more than a slap. If the EU leaves…

General = toast Bush says he disagrees with General Boykin’s remarks on religion And in a related story Lieberman compares Boykin comments on Muslims to bin Laden’s on Christians and Jews Democratic presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said a top Army…

Thrill to the death-defying 2003 world championships of … Rock, paper, scissors?

Russia to switch to Euros for oil trading? The previously unthinkable is now on the table. Russia, the world’s second largest oil exporter, is giving serious consideration to trading its black gold in euros, a switch that would surely set…