It's back to business after a long and celebratory holiday,
and to ease the pain, we're happy to supply a dose of
current articles worth reading on the Web.
---U.S. Politics---
The Weekly Standard looks at fund-raiser Terry McAuliffe,
who has been slated to become chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=43971
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=43971
The New Republic details the battling over committee
chairmanships in the House of Representatives.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44052
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44052
U.S. News reports on the first results from the U.S. census
and the impact on states' representation in the House.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44236
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44236
With one in four auto accidents attributed to some form of
driver distraction, U.S. News reports on efforts to put
hands-free phone systems in cars.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44204
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44204
A New Republic article tries to debunk the widely-professed
opinion that the Democrats will take Congress easily in
2002.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44399
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44399
---World Politics & Society---
TIME covers President Clinton's last-minute deal-making in
the Middle East peace talks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44254
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44254
TIME Asia has a highly troubling story on the black-market
baby trade in China.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44364
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44364
---Social Issues---
An article in Managed Care suggests that assisted-suicide
patients be aided in dying by judges, not physicians.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44429
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44429
A Salon article argues that the practice of purging a
murder-trial jury of death-penalty opponents is unfair to
the accused.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44446
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44446
A Reason article considers the First-Amendment dilemmas of
the fight over public religious speech.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44366
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44366
---Movies---
Salon finds the much-lauded film "Traffic" disappointing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44024
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44024
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---Business Strategy---
CIO gives a glossary of financial terms business people
should know.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44178
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44178
eCompany Now reviews some sites that offer free services for
your business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=43975
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=43975
eCompany Now also points out the dangers of using
application service providers (ASPs) and gives advice for
avoiding pitfalls.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44025
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44025
Microtimes points out globalization-related fumbles by large
companies along with the issues that arise because of the
Internet.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=43976
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=43976
Business 2.0 writes on the Wal-Martesque future of B-to-C
e-business.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44469
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44469
---The Job Search---
A Computer User columnist and programmer gives some honest
advice for people considering a programming career.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44393
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44393
---Science---
Part of TIME Europe's newsmaker of the year series, this
article describes J. Craig Venter's contribution to the
mapping of the human genome.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44010
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44010
A TIME article addresses the possibilities and complexities
of using cloning to preserve endangered species.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44247
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44247
U.S. News looks at the issue of patenting human genes.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44201
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44201
TIME Europe reports that scientists claim to have found the
origin of love in the brain, not in the heart, rebuffing the
belief of legions of medieval physiologists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44059
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44059
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---Health---
Changing your look for the new year? FDA Consumer warns
about the dangers of improperly using hair straighteners and
dyes.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44228
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44228
FDA Consumer claims that it is still not too late to get a
flu shot. (Unless, that is, you already have the flu.)
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44232
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44232
---The Internet---
Business 2.0 goes on the beat with the Securities & Exchange
Commission's Internet fraud squad.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44520
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44520
---Books---
The New Republic reviews David Levering Lewis's
newly-completed definitive biography of the pioneering
African American intellectual W.E.B. DuBois.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44063
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44063
TIME Europe reports on former French President Giscard's
frank new critique of his country's society, "Les Francais".
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44311
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=44311
Business 2.0 surveys the wide range of books that high-tech
executives buy but never read.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44459
---A Year's Worth of Levity---
This U.S. News piece collects many of the year's most
humorous quotations.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=44196
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