United States

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United States.

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Linux Journal November 1, 2002 Lawrence Rosen	Why We Still Oppose UCITA The author believes that it will be important to start afresh with UCITA and consider the new environment in which open-source software competes against proprietary, closed software marketed by wealthy companies.
PC World November 2002 Kevin McKean	Up Front: A Corporate Posse for Copyright Thieves? That's how a tough new bill proposes to stop movie and music pirates.
Salon.com October 11, 2002 William M. Arkin	Sept. 11 and wars of the world Osama and Saddam pose real threats, but the Bush administration may be too incompetent -- and too arrogant -- to stop them.
Salon.com October 10, 2002 Damien Cave	Wall Street's worst nightmare Does New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer really want to clean up the stock market, or just make himself look good?
PC World October 9, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Report Card on the Patriot Act In its first year, the controversial Patriot Act -- which gives federal investigators unprecedented access to Americans' online communications -- has been effective while respecting privacy, federal officials say. Privacy watchdogs say failures and problems aren't publicized.
Salon.com October 9, 2002 Robert Scheer	Bush vs. the CIA As the president plays up the threat Saddam Hussein poses to America, the CIA plays it down.
Salon.com October 8, 2002 Andrew Sullivan	The imperialism canard The far right and far left find agreement on the Iraq war. And couldn't be more wrong.
New Architect November 2002 Bret A. Fausett	Minds of Their Own Copyright protection flags violate our right to fair use.
New Architect November 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	Keep Your Laws Off My Media Player The Hollings Act, which would require manufacturers to incorporate FCC-approved copyright protection standards into any device that can reproduce digital content, is too broad.
ifeminists October 8, 2002 Wendy McElroy	State Legislation Protects Abortion Rights California has been passing a series of bills that the media has been calling "landmarks" in the protection of "women's rights." The measures constitute the most aggressive attempt in recent memory to entrench "reproductive rights" -- that is, abortion -- into society by force of law.
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