Morgan-ists Ride On

Gene pioneer urges dream of human perfection By CAROLYN ABRAHAM From Saturday's Globe and Mail http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/front/RTGAM/20021026/wxwa= ts1026/Front/homeBN/breakingnews James D. Watson, the grand duke of DNA, described one of his greatest=20 fears yesterday to

S.F. anti-war demo report

Oct. 27, 2002 PEN-L: I attended the anti-war demo on Sat., Oct. 26 in S.F. Below is my reporton the event and an Oct. 27 S.F. Chronicle article. The diversity of people was very impressive at the demo. Demonstrators attended from three western states outside of California: Arizona, Nevada and

Re: Morgan-ists Ride On

This is so utterly disgusting I can barely type. All I can think of is how sad Einstein was that the world leaders used his science to build nuclear bombs, about how these bombs have made the annihilation of life on this planet not only a possibility but, at the rate these crazies are

Screening: _Gaza Strip_ (Thu., Oct. 31) other events

Thursday, October 31, 7:30 - 9:30 PM Screening: Gaza Strip (Dir. James Longley, 2001) * Like most news reports and television images coming out of the Middle East these days, Gaza Strip, an unsparing new documentary by James Longley, offers little reason for optimism. The film, which

retirment plan bandaids?

washingtonpost.com Straw Men Don't Solve Retirement Risk By Albert B. Crenshaw Sunday, October 27, 2002; Page H04 You've heard of closing the barn door after the horse has been stolen? The Labor Department is closing the barn door when there was no horse. Last week, department officials

Antiwar Protest Largest Since '60s

Antiwar Protest Largest Since '60s Organizers Say 100,000 Turned Out By Monte Reel and Manny Fernandez Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, October 27, 2002; Page C01 Tens of thousands of people marched in peaceful protest of any military strike against Iraq yesterday afternoon, in an antiwar

Brazil

washingtonpost.com Policy Watch Sunday, October 27, 2002; Page H03 All financial attention today is on Brazil, where the almost certain election of leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has driven interest rates on government bonds to 22 percent. Brazil, in effect, finds itself in the midst of a

Kagarlitsky on Putin

Moscow Times Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Page 10 Is This the Beginning of the End for Putin? By Boris Kagarlitsky President Vladimir Putin's rule started with the Moscow apartment bombings in 1999 and with his promises to establish order in the country. Many Russian citizens saw in Putin the

Re: S.F. anti-war demo report

Yes, the diversity was wonderful. This was the first time that I attended an anti-war rally where there were actually a fair sprinkling of African Americans and this was good to see. Also included was every age group and, clearly, a variety of people of differing backgrounds that I don't usually

Surrealism in the United States

A few months ago I posted an article about Surrealism, Freud and Trotsky (http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/breton.htm) that relied heavily on Franklin Rosemont's collection of Andre Breton's writings titled What is Surrealism. This Pathfinder book belongs on the shelf of anybody

Re: Morgan-ists Ride On

This passes for heavy thinking- Nobel Prize winner Watson on genetic engineering as human's magic bullet for the future- PRecept would love this. S Hari Kumar wrote: Gene pioneer urges dream of human perfection By CAROLYN ABRAHAM From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Re: Re: Morgan-ists Ride On

- Original Message - From: Steve Cohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: [PEN-L:31614] Re: Morgan-ists Ride On This passes for heavy thinking- Nobel Prize winner Watson on genetic engineering as human's magic bullet for the future-

Re: time for tax 'reform' again

When they promise simplification, hold on to your wallets. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

German banks in crisis

From this weekend's copy of The Business printed on pink paper to mimic the FT Germany's banking system is in crisis this weekend as the country's central bank, the Bundesbank, closely monitors worrying developments at HVB Group, the second-largest German commercial bank, amid growing fears

Re: profits

--- Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am just looking at Michael Mandel's Business Week article on profits. They say that the SP 500 will have to cut 900,000 jobs to raise their operating profits by 12%. Does anyone here see any sources of strength of the economy on the

RE: German banks in crisis

Chris Burford their false consciousness obstructs their ability to see that this should be routine, because they dare not recognise the marxian law of value] Well of course they rcognise the Marxian law of value, Chris. Otherwise they wouldn't stay in business. They just don't draw the same