by Gil Friend | Feb 3, 2003 | Uncategorized
Vaclav Havel Takes His Leave. When Vaclav Havel left Prague Castle on Sunday after 13 years as president, he took with him an exceptional individual moral authority. [New York Times: Opinion] Not as easy for the left to dismiss as Blair.
by Gil Friend | Feb 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
Ah, Those Principled Europeans. I don’t take seriously all the Euro-whining about the Bush policies toward Iraq for one very simple reason: It strikes me as unserious. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion] One pundit observed last week that when you...
by Gil Friend | Jan 29, 2003 | Uncategorized
U.S. to Seek Waiver on Weed Killer Harmful to Ozone Layer. The Bush administration intends to seek exemptions for American companies from an international ban on methyl bromide. By Andrew C. Revkin. [New York Times: Science] Speaking of building international...
by Gil Friend | Jan 28, 2003 | Sustainability
Hybrid Cars Not Just a Curiosity. Vehicles that combine electric motors with regular engines appear to be catching on with both automakers and consumers. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: Science] Stephen Girsky, an auto analyst at Morgan Stanley, predicts that hybrids...
by Gil Friend | Jan 28, 2003 | K-Logs &c
Julian weaves threads about klognets.. Blognets have been on Julian Elvé’s mind this month. He follows and binds threads from Gary Lawrence Murphy, Matt Jones, Denham Grey, Lilia, George Siemens, Ton Zijlstra, Euan at The Obvious, TIG, Ross...
