We hope you'll enjoy this week's pick of magazine articles
from the best that the free web has to offer.
---U.S. Politics & Society---
An American Prospect article suggests that Congress should
keep the "death tax" and instead abolish the "pre-death tax"
by providing for universal nursing-home coverage.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=59977
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=59977
A Salon article argues that the Bush administration's claims
that the U.S. is in the middle of
a power emergency are blatantly false.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60687
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60687
---International Politics---
Time Europe tells how an unlikely American spy infiltrated
one of Northern Ireland's deadliest terrorist organizations,
the Real IRA.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60736
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60736
Salon writes that the ouster of the U.S. from the U.N. Human
Rights Commission is just a symptom of the world's simmering
grievances against the U.S. that began long before Bush's
election.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60695
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60695
A FEER article reiterates the fact that, despite a spy plane
collision and espionage charges, commerce is king in the
relationship between China and the U.S.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60067
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60067
---Business---
FEER documents the plight of Asian high-tech workers hired
in good times by American firms and now facing joblessness
and uncertain legal status in the slowdown.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60063
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60063
Red Herring reports that new technologies are making
accessible many more sunken ships than ever before and
attracting treasure-hunting salvage companies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60300
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60300
Time Europe profiles an optimistic, promising generation of
European serial entrepreneurs and their visions of the
future.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60754
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60754
---E-Business---
Industry Standard looks at the cutthroat competition in the
Web ratings field, with leader Media Metrix battling against
Nielsen NetRatings and new comer ComScore.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60489
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60489
As PC World reports, Internet merchants soon may be forced
to start charging all customers a standard sales tax.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60131
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60131
Industry Standard reviews the documentary Startup.com, and
finds there is still a lesson to be learned from the
familiar tale of the failed dot-com.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60521
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60521
---Business Technology---
Industry Standard reports on a new self-checkout system
being tested in grocery stores.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60492
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60492
U.S. News reports on new anti-shoplifting technology that is
being incorporated into products during their manufacture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60453
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60453
---Investing---
A Red Herring article argues that investors have a right to
know more about how companies grant and manipulate the stock
options of their employees -- especially top executives.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60245
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60245
---The Internet---
Salon previews the Webby awards and explains how this year's
nominees are proof of both the shakeout and the vibrancy
that still lives on the Net.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60157
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60157
---Books---
Salon reviews new books on how drugs like alcohol and
tobacco shaped the world, but caffeine came to dominate it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60166
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60166
Entertainment Today reviews a number of compelling new
sports-themed books.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60420
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60420
A Time article provides an overview of the controversy over
a black version of Gone With the Wind -- now legally barred
from publication.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60415
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60415
A New Republic author answers the question "What is the use
of literature?"
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60677
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60677
---Science---
A Science News article reports on new sightings of a rare
and prehistoric fish, the coelacanth.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60219
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60219
Time Europe reports on an ambitious project to catalog and
provide over the web a complete multimedia repository of all
plant and animal species above microbial level.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60688
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60688
---Computers & Networking---
Mobile Computing looks at the Bluetooth standard for
wireless connectivity and available products.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60657
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60657
Mobile Computing comparison-tests 11 of the fastest notebook
computers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60661
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60661
---Education---
In an Education Week article, an economist and high school
principal contends that educational achievement and national
economic prosperity are not so closely linked as many
believe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60470
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60470
---Automobiles---
Even with all the technological advances being touted, Red
Herring reports that progress is slow and the future of
telematics equipment in cars is quite uncertain.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60235
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60235
Time profiles Ford Motor chairman and heir Bill Ford and the
green revolution he's trying to push.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60361
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60361
A Car & Driver article explores the many and diverse
varieties of car air fresheners.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60666
---Hay Fever---
Men's Fitness has a feature on how to combat springtime
allergies. We at MagPortal.com read it eagerly.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=60681
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=60681
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