Daily Archives: February 9, 2003

IMPROVING CANADA’S PRODUCTIVITY

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

I wrote the following about a year ago, and thought it might merit updating and posting here in case anyone who cares about Canada (read: other Canadians) reads this blog.: I offer this brief prescription as a Canadian citizen with … Continue reading →

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IDEAS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE – AN UNSUNG CHAMPION

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Yet another major war zone between corporations and citizens (I’ve already ranted this week about corporate power and ‘free’ trade) is over intellectual property rights. There is strong evidence (more on this soon) that most new intellectual property laws hurt … Continue reading →

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SO MUCH FOR ASHCROFT THE STATES’ RIGHTS ADVOCATE

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

From the Berkshire Eagle via Lisa Rein’s Radar (a great blog by the way): Attorney General John Ashcroft has a thing about killing people. He has ordered U.S. attorneys in New York, Connecticut and Vermont to seek the death penalty … Continue reading →

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HOW TO CONVINCE THE MEDIA YOU’RE A TERRORIST

Posted on February 9, 2003 by Dave Pollard

Interesting snippet from John Gehl’s great ‘Above the Fold’ IT-e-newsletter today on how easy it was for a journalist to con Computerworld into thinking one of their correspondents was the Slammer worm hyper-terrorist: Although it violates journalistic ethics for a … Continue reading →

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