Month November 2002

You do NOT have a right to remain silent This is genuinely scary (from Blog Left: Critical Interventions) Miranda could be reversed  Ruling in Oxnard [California] case could reinterpret landmark decision on rights during police questioning. …Maybe you don’t have…

ACLU to Hire Bob Barr as Privacy Consultant. The ACLU has agreed “in principle” to hire defeated G.O.P. Congressman Bob Barr as a consultant , working on “privacy. Surprised? Don’t be. Bob Barr, right wing and proud of it, was also…

Nigerian Mobs Alerted By Texting. Not unlike what happened in the Battle of Seattle, where participants stayed in close contact using cell phones and real time websites…  Ironically, the blasphemous story published against the prophet has tended to unite the…

California budget crisis worse than expected Davis warned that the 2003-04 budget shortfall will soar beyond the staggering $21.1 billion projected earlier this month by the nonpartisan legislative analyst’s office, A few months back we had this same headline. Except then…