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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2002-03-06

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