In this issue: Ethics in business, drinking for health,
press coverage of the military, and an intriguing new
geopolitical alliance.
---Business---
A Knowledge@Wharton article says Kmart, which recently filed
for bankruptcy protection, has been a study in how not to do
business for the past 10 years.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87415
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87415
Computer User warns small businesses about the zealous wrath
of the Business Software Alliance -- and why keeping track
of software licenses is necessary.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87680
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87680
An Optimize article sounds a warning about the need to make
sure that a company's rules don't work against its
employees' sense of ethics.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87670
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87670
An article in The Advocate examines the state of niche
marketing to gay and lesbian consumers, an estimated $450
billion market.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87927
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87927
An American Prospect article explores what happened to the
once-prosperous American steel industry and what can be done
to save it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88034
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88034
Will Enron's top brass go to jail? An American Prospect
article lays out the scenarios in which executives might be
prosecuted.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87902
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87902
---Computers---
A Computer User article wonders what we'll do with all the
data-storage capacity the near future will bring.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87668
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87668
---Education---
Reason looks at what happens when for-profit school
management companies like Edison Schools clash with the
districts that hire them.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87699
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87699
---Health---
Science News reports on research showing that moderate
alcohol use can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's
disease and other forms of dementia.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87551
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87551
---Humor---
Salon presents a guide for parents on how to tell if your
child is at risk for joining the Taliban.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87989
---Media---
A Reason article complains that the reporters assigned to
cover the military generally lack the necessary background
to understand and cover it accurately.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87710
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87710
An American Prospect article deals with the charges of
plagiarism being leveled against popular historian Stephen
Ambrose.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87636
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87636
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---Music---
Sound & Vision test-drives a new Cadillac to see if XM's new
satellite radio offerings -- at the moment available only
for cars -- are worth the monthly subscription fee.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=88055
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=88055
---Science---
A space biologist advocates sending life scientists to Mars
sooner rather than later, in a piece for The Scientist.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87408
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87408
---Social Issues---
A Salon article tries to figure out why a paramedic would
become the Palestinians' first female bomber.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87462
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87462
A Salon article argues that since we can't stop terrorists
from using unbreakable encryption on computer data, we
shouldn't even try.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87859
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87859
---World Politics---
The New Republic reports on a growing affinity between India
and Israel, who are finding they have much in common
strategically and culturally.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87883
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87883
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