In this week's issue: Technological dream homes, when
shopping is a disease, electronic elections, and the perils
of reporting from Iraq.
---Business---
Entrepreneur goes over the steps and considerations
necessary when a small business owner decides to hire his or
her first employee.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111307
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111307
CIO looks at how one city administration increased social
interaction and productivity among its employees by banning
all non-urgent e-mail for one day each week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111090
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111090
A Time Europe article asks whether or not European
businesses are less corrupt than their American
counterparts.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111382
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111382
---Education---
Education Week looks at the merits of after-school programs,
from basketball to arts to chess.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111563
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111563
---Electronics---
Wired takes the reader on a tour of some of the world's most
tech-loaded homes, where rich geeks are testing what may be
the living standards of the future.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111414
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111414
---Law---
In Fast Company, a lawyer argues that the law has replaced
common sense in America, leading to a distrust of the legal
system.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111079
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111079
---Personal Finance---
Kiplinger's warns of the dangers of compulsive spending.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111545
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111545
---Science---
A Wired reporter writes about the experience of getting his
genes tested for all sorts of potentially threatening
abnormalities -- a test that may become common in the
future.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111032
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111032
---Television---
A Salon article wonders why every character in TV dramas is
a cop, doctor, or lawyer; and looks at a scarce few new
shows that will actually try something different.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111062
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111062
---Voting---
With November elections approaching, IEEE Spectrum looks at
the risks and benefits of new electronic voting systems.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111309
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111309
---World Politics & Society---
An Atlantic Monthly article predicts that the next big clash
of civilizations will be between the United States and
Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111095
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111095
The New Republic has an eye-opening story on Iraq's
stranglehold on foreign journalists there and why American
media outlets continue to play along.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=111182
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=111182
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