The liberal recommendations were taken seriously because the political moderates who made them. However, suggestions for urban renewal were largely ignored and many Americans took the more popular stance that stricter measures were required to reign over the violence and lawlessness of the inner cities. Despite the commission's recommendations, a separate black and white America still exists today in many ways - a situation that the government should work to eliminate. An open letter to the baby boomer generation Hello baby boomers, welcome to my world of angst-ridden apathy. Kudos to realizing how hip a single letter can be.
Technology threatens to limit users' free speech The mouse is truly mightier than the sword.
I don't claim to be the first to point out that little twist on the favorite cliche of smart kids who were regularly divested of their lunch money, but there is no doubt that personal computers are becoming as mundane and unremarkable as the ball-point pen. Their overarching acceptance in society, not the speed of any processor or modem, is why those little gray boxes are so damn powerful.