In this week's issue: Doing the math for your business, the
gift of consumerism, the science of small things, and why
the witness-protection program works.
---Books---
Salon reviews a new biography of the psychic Adolf Hitler
regularly consulted during his rise to power, who happened
to be Jewish.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89935
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89935
Buy "Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant," by Mel Gordon:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0922915687/magportalcom
---Business---
A Time Europe article reports that automaker Ford is
hitching its future, in large part, to its stable of pricy
European models: Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar and Aston
Martin.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90737
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90737
A Darwin article goes over ways to measure return on
investment (ROI).
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90542
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90542
---Computers & Internet---
A Computer User article advises readers on how to dispose of
or give away old computer equipment the right way.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90463
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90463
A spate of new Outlook and Outlook Express worms could wipe
your hard drive, a PC World article warns.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90798
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90798
A security flaw in the web scripting language PHP could
cause problems for a large number of websites, according to
a PC World article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90585
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90585
A Salon article looks at the way the wireless Internet
access system is being built from the bottom up, rather than
the top down.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90841
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90841
---Culture---
A Reason article argues that consumer culture liberates
Islam as well as the West.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90634
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90634
---Driving---
An AskMen article goes over what you should do if you are
involved in an auto accident.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90097
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90097
---Education---
A Kiplinger's article looks at teachers who are devising
creative strategies for teaching financial literacy to their
students.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89980
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89980
---Home Improvement---
Kiplinger's has an article on how to choose the right
specialists for a remodeling project.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89965
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89965
---International Politics---
Atlantic Monthly interviews a prominent Pakistani who is
eager to use nuclear weapons against India.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89920
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89920
A new European Convention hopes to address the interests of
both European Union member nations and those states hoping
to join the E.U., reports Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90745
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90745
---Science---
The Scientist takes a realistic look at the short- and
long-term prospects for deriving useful technology from
nanoscience.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89925
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89925
Science News looks at research into the physics behind (or
underneath) avalanches.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90380
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90380
---U.S. Politics & Society---
Salon interviews Robert Shur, the man who founded the
federal witness protection program and ran it for 30 years.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90083
An increase in violent crime in American cities since
September 11 owes to an increased focus on terrorism by
police and a corresponding neglect of street duty, according
to The New Republic.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89964
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89964
Salon looks at the training and job duties of bomb-sniffing
dogs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90668
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90668
In The American Prospect, historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
argues for the reform of the U.S. Electoral College system
to avoid sending popular-vote losers to the White House.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=90874
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=90874
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