Tuesday Quickies
A few things I've been meaning to link:

The Committee to Protect Journalists last week came out with its annual report on the number of journalists killed as a result of their work. The numbers are sobering: 36 killed in the past year (many in Iraq;) while 136 were imprisoned (led by China and Cuba.)

Dan Gillmor, the tech columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, has had some good posts lately about the dangers of electronic voting machines and why they need a paper trail. Also, he's posted the first four chapters -- in draft form -- of his upcoming book in hopes readers will point out what's missing or what's wrong.

Apparently Pres. Bush got a little excited in my hometown last week when he learned that his jobs program might be working because some little stock car company might hire two more (that's two, not two thousand) employees this year. "When he says he's going to hire two more, that's really good news," Bush gushed. "A lot of people are feeling confident and optimistic about our future so they can say, 'I'm going to hire two more.' They can sit here and tell the president in front of all the cameras, 'I'm going to hire two more people.' That's confidence!" (link via Morrie at That Happy Feeling) OK, I found the original story. It's from the Washington Post.

Snowing already here in Brooklyn and it's not even 10 a.m. Looks like a mix of snow and sleet and wind. Very ick.
- posted by Amy @ 3/16/2004 09:21:00 AM