Telecommuter's Window

Golden elm leaves borne on the wind. A rising sun in the eastern sky. Bright blue overhead. Branches swaying in the breeze. Cats clawing tree trunks in the cool, crisp air. Birds singing in vacant backyards. Empty suburban streets. Kids at school. Adults at work. Leaves in the streets and on the lawns and in the gutters of empty houses with their curtains drawn shut.

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Keener Eyesight

William Saffire:

Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make, every trip you book and every event you attend -- all these transactions and communications will go into what the Defense Department describes as "a virtual, centralized grand database". ...

This is not some far-out Orwellian scenario. It is what will happen to your personal freedom in the next few weeks if John Poindexter gets the unprecedented power he seeks. [Saffire-NYT]

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