[Futurework] some really big questions

2005-07-18 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
for those with some extra time this summer - What We Don't Know [Science 125th Anniversary Issue Special Report] http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/ "A special, free news feature in Science explores 125 big questions that face scientific inquiry over

[Futurework] Fwd: FYI:Chavez touts `21st Century Socialism' - respects private enterprise

2005-07-18 Thread Sally Lerner
Interesting alternative Date:Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:17:33 EDT Chavez touts `21st Century Socialism' Friday, Jul 15, 2005 By: Gary Marx - Chicago Tribune CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela -- Standing before a group of nascent entrepreneurs, Carlos Lanz looked less like a former communist

RE: [Futurework] Who are the Pro Americans?

2005-07-18 Thread Harry Pollard
Ed, This has been sitting waiting for me to finish it. Sorry for the delay. Check my reply to Karen for some thoughts on Iraq. It is the job of the US President - among others - to ensure the supply of vital commodities to the country - and oil surely qualifies as such. However, I don't think

RE: [Futurework] Sorry Condi!

2005-07-18 Thread Lawrence deBivort
Except for those of the Palestinians, Native Americans of north and south America, Iraqis, Afghanis, Darfur Araba, Aceh inhabitants, Tamils of Sri Lanka, Kashmiris, Kurds, Armenians, Chechnyans, SW Moroccans, Basques, and others who dont immediately come to mind. But then, the Bush

RE: [Futurework] Peering into the vortex of speculation

2005-07-18 Thread Harry Pollard
Karen, My standard apology for being so tardy in replying. My test for the number of dead is not the internal PDF or any other rumors. Programs like Nightline have regularly put all the dead on the air with photos. Anyone who has lost someone that doesnt appear is likely to

[Futurework] Avoiding the big picture

2005-07-18 Thread Karen Watters Cole
FYF Unemployment and revising economic models to the new reality: Krugman: The Dropout Puzzle Economists who argue that there's something wrong with the unemployment numbers are buzzing about a new study by Katharine Bradbury, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, which

RE: [Futurework] Free markets?

2005-07-18 Thread Harry Pollard
Ed, I was going to get rid of this as being out of date, but I realized you apologized for something you thought you had done but didnt. So, I wrote . . . . . No apology required or wanted. Do you really deny that the price mechanism controlled free market is the best

RE: [Futurework] Peering into the vortex of speculation

2005-07-18 Thread Lawrence deBivort
Uh, Harry, Nightline has ONLY put American dead on the air, not those of Iraqis, which is what this discussion is about. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Pollard Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:16 PM To: 'Karen Watters Cole'; 'Keith Hudson'