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Voting reform Clearly, our voting system is not effective. It is cumbersome, error-prone (either deliberately or accidentally), and most important, doesn’t give fair representation. So, we have a new page on voting reform! Our first article is an Op-Ed by William Pietz, co-chair of…

Al Qaeda admits Bali blasts on Web Islamic militant group al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on a Bali nightclub in which more than 180 people died. The group said it had targeted “nightclubs and whorehouses in…

Touchscreen voting A reader responds to our postings about voting touchscreen in LA this election. LA has started phasing in touchscreen and had 20 such voting stations this time. By law, all LA precincts must have touchscreen voting by 2005. His comments are based on…

Why the Democrats got stomped on Tuesday Two solid reasons why it happened. 1) The Wellstone/Torricelli debacles A nationwide survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, a GOP firm, found a “late surge to Republicans,” much as was the case in…

Big Brother IS watching you FBI has bugged public libraries Some reports say the FBI is snooping in the libraries. Is that really happening? Yes. I have uncovered information that persuades me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has bugged…