A comparison between Europe and the US in productivity numbers illustrates the fact that even though unemployment is up in the US, productivity is skyrocketing.

What Recession???

The Bush administration is developing a parallel legal system in which terrorism suspects -- U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike -- may be investigated, jailed, interrogated, tried and punished without legal protections guaranteed by the ordinary system, lawyers inside and outside the government say.

Welp... kiss your freedom goodbye.

OMG! Break out the jack boots!!!

I would've never considered joining this organization until the last 14 months.

ACLU Membership up

There are 25 million people around the world who use Macintosh computers, according to Apple. But unlike ordinary personal computers, people don't simply use Macs, they become fans. They develop a passion for the machines, which can sometimes turn into an obsession.

Jobs == Jedi Mind Tricks

] "There are days when you feel like a bath full of beer,
] not just a glass.
]
] Now you can have both -- thanks to a German brewery which
] has developed a beer you can wash down your food with or
] wash down your body.
]
] Klosterbrauerei, or monastic brewery, was looking for
] ways to mop up excess capacity in a slumping beer market
] and struck upon the bathtime supplement to help tipplers
] soak away their stresses and strains.
]
] The brewery, in Neuzelle, near Leipzig, eastern Germany,
] says the dark brown brew has restorative powers for both
] the mind and body to improve the skin and pep up
] spirits."

Those crazy Germans! :)

There's Beer to Wash Away Your Troubles

As the U.S. Army prepares for war in Iraq (and beyond), it has been moving fast to transform itself from a Cold War relic into a deadly, rapidly deployable force. The last two major U.S. conflicts, Desert Storm and Kosovo, were largely won by the U.S. Air Force before the Army's lumbering tanks ever got there. The Army used to be a sledgehammer; now it needs to be a cordless drill.

An Army of One - Well Equipped That Is

] "Who is Ed Bacon? For starters he is the father of Kevin
] Bacon. But more importantly, he is the architect who
] created LOVE Park, Dilworth Plaza (in front of City Hall)
] and the Municipal Services plaza. Basically he is the
] accidental genius behind creating the perfect atmosphere
] for street skateboarding.
]
] So why is he protesting? Ed Bacon thinks it's a shame
] that the city is turning its back on skateboarders."

What is it about age that makes people so closed minded. Why is it that this story seems ironic?

92 Years Old Ed Bacon Skateboards in LOVE Park

Um, I've been here...

Your worst nightmare

I have always said that the information revolution paralleled the industrial revolution very closely. For anyone who has worked in the IT industry, this is so obvious.

Hi-tech workplace no better than factories

Not work friendly.

Who knew math could be so arousing