Archive for January, 2008

You can do anything on the Internet, I guess, but watch out for those cables

In this incredibly high-tech world, it’s always good now and again to remember how vulnerable we are to “low-tech” glitches: Large sections of Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa were taken off the Internet by a speed-bump on the information super highway: Two undersea cables were cut or damaged.

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Now that John Edwards is gone, what will happen to the Democratic race?

The Internet and the cable news people are all “abuzz and aflutter” with John Edwards getting ready to announce in New Orleans that he’s dropping out of the 2008 presidential race.

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New Grisham novel reflects reality of ‘buying’ justice in America

I haven’t yet read John Grisham’s latest novel, “The Appeal,” and I normally never write about books I haven’t read — but I have some interesting personal knowledge of Grisham’s theme here and wanted to “sound off.”

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