Day May 16, 2003

We’re messing up the land, we’re messing up the sea The above title is a lyric from a long ago Manfred Mann song. Which sadly appears to be coming true. Most of the big fish are now gone from the…

The ruling class defends its own From Talion:Bush consigliere to defend Saudis against 9-11 victims “The law firm of Baker Botts LLP, headed by James Baker II, who has worked for George W. Bush and acted as counsel for the…

Attention: Anyone named David Nelson.Change your name! “If your name is David Nelson you can expect to be hassled, delayed, questioned and searched before being allowed to board aircraft anywhere in the United States for the foreseeable future. Since the…

New England Journal of Medicine publishes all-SARS issue From the excellent new SARSwatch comes: “The New England Journal of Medicine published an issue today devoted to SARS. As the editors of the journal document in their editorial, SARS, the Internet,…