Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders July 2000 Categorization can be dangerous if you get the boundaries wrong. Examples from nation-states to virtual corporations. An elegy for the beauty of modern science and the magic of its metaphors. My thoughts on the 2000 Presidential election, written back in October, well before any of the really weird stuff happened. An argument against states' rights and in favor of a strong central government.
Federalism is an idea whose time has gone.
There are lots of ways in which a count of votes can fail to reflect the numerical preferences of the population, and just about every one of those ways came into play in Florida. A consideration of the media's role in setting, nay, creating the tone of a political campaign. Florida has an odd pattern of being present whenever constitutional evil is being perpetrated in this country. With enemies like Aimster, The Man hardly needs friends. A discussion of Judge Jackson's final ruling in the Microsoft case.