Derivative Works

Month: December 2004

  • THE ELECTION: Allawi Predicts More Strife, but Says Voting Will Go On

    By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 20 – The Iraqi interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said Monday that he expected the election campaign across Iraq to feature an increasing number of attacks like the car bombings and roadside executions of election officials that killed at least 70 people on Sunday. But he vowed that…

  • Traffic

    I’m interested in traffic. It is a great mystery to me. The description of current road conditions and– more importantly– how those conditions affect those who wish to travel at any given time– is a profoundly inexact science that seems to be way behind the curve when it comes to using available technology & techniques.…

  • The Problem With Limbaugh

    Drudge is making hay about Saturday Night Live’s skit about a puking, drug-addicted Rush Limbaugh. A few things for context:

  • Economics is the Crucible

    Diplomacy is not where it’s at when it comes to how nations interact. Everything is economics. More evidence here at the NYT, where a Houston bankruptcy judge affected the nefarious works of the Russian government. Everything is economics. Note the downturned heads of the bidders, the copious water and the goofball complexion.

  • New: Annotations in the NYT

    It seems the New York Times has gotten on the Annotated Bibiliography Bandwagon. Today was the first time I saw an obituary with extensive links in the body of the obit. In this case, Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie ‘Schlockmeister’,  they are self-linking to their entries on the movies of Larry Buchanan. Not a…