2002-12-25

Best wishes for the holidays.  In this issue:  mercury in
fish, lawyer of the year, and AI in games.

---Business---
An Entrepreneur article looks at former Enron employees who
have started businesses of their own since the energy trader
left them high and dry.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117559
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117559

---Health---
Science News has rounded up the current research on fish
consumption and related mercury contamination.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117374
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117374

---International---
New Republic looks at the large and distinguished Iraqi
exile community in London and wonders what its role will be
should Saddam fall.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117287
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117287

---Law---
National Law Journal names as its lawyer of the year the
attorney responsible for convincing the U.S. Supreme Court
that executing the mentally retarded is wrong.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117525
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117525

---Technology---
IEEE Spectrum takes a fairly in-depth look at the artificial
intelligence systems being employed in today's video games.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117333
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117333

---U.S. Politics---
New Republic reports that two idealistic Harvard grad
students are planning the most unlikely of political
comebacks:  a Gary Hart presidential run in 2004.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117495
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117495

---Misc---
An Atlantic Monthly article remarks on our culture's odd
fascination with the word "genius" and the idea it
represents.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=117373
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=117373