Fascism Anyone?: "The cliche that people and nations learn from history is not only overused, but also overestimated; often we fail to learn from history, or draw the wrong conclusions. Sadly, historical amnesia is the norm." From Free Inquiry magazine, Laurence W. Britt.

To see ourselves as others see us: Gary Younge: God help America: "So while there is a constitutional, albeit contested, barrier between church and state, there is almost no distinction between church and politics. Indeed, when it comes to elections, religion is the primary galvanising force and the church the central mobilising vehicle." From The Guardian.

An Open Letter to Albus Dumbledore

BioethicsWeb: a "searchable catalogue of Internet sites and resources covering biomedical ethics."

Weblogs Compendium: "Here you can find everything you need to know about weblogs/blogs: hosting services, tools, directories, definitions, RSS readers and resources..."

Stud Finders, Sensors and Scanners - Bill's latest, on how to "see through walls."

The Real Intelligence Failure (Francis Fukuyama, August 6, 2003): "The media has been focusing obsessively on the relatively minor issue of how an incorrect assertion about Iraq's nuclear ambitions got into the president's State of the Union speech. In doing so, it has missed the much larger issue, which is that of Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction. The inability to locate these weapons is vastly more consequential to American credibility than the fact that the White House staff failed to vet 16 words in a single speech. The missing weapons reflect a much more fundamental institutional intelligence failure."

Commanding Heights: Home | on PBS - an interesting web site on globalization and the global economy.

Button Maker :: Kalsey Consulting Group - an interesting tool to make buttons for weblogs.

My Turn: Saved by the Kindness Of a Virtual Stranger: a touching story of the lengths some people will go to, to make the world a better place.