French politicians aim to fix what Photoshop is doing to us, whatever that is.

Live elections coverage at NYTimes.com.

On the Yankees and Buck O’Neil.

Just published in today’s Guardian: my article on software that works like a typewriter.

When you’re a de facto standard for best practices, what can be improved?

Goodbye to the anchor of “World News Tonight.”

How much I really, really dislike Apple’s recent lawsuits.

Grumpy, dissatisfied and feeling lousy.

Here are a few of my favorite electoral maps from around the Web.

Devastated, furious and overcome with melancholy.

At least for right now, I’m going to enjoy this little bit of optimism.

There’s my opinion, and then there’s everyone else’s opinion.

I’m skeptical about John Kerry’s reputation for finishing strong.

Two reactions after watching questions about Bush’s military record resurface on 60 Minutes II.

Kerry-Edwards still has a chance — if they’re willing to hit back and hard.

Did I really hear what I heard come out of Porter Goss’s mouth?

Close is not good enough in the quest to bring baseball back to Washington, D.C.

A short post that’s just an excuse for the corny title.

Thoughts on the speeches Bill Clinton and Al Gore gave at the Democratic National Convention last night.

How odd to read about typography in the paper of record, unfortunately.

Good vibrations on the campaign trail.

Senator James Inhofe is a ass.

My favorite line from tonight’s Presidential news conference.

How my Web surfing habits have changed.

What I read this morning about Richard Clarke.

Who remembers what the Bush administration said?

Putting information design in service of revealing the Bush administration’s gross inaccuracies.

Making a copy of what you own is illegal. Damn activist judges!

Now Howard Dean’s gone, who to get behind?

Who’s looking out for Saint Valentine?

Read Hendrink Hertzberg’s piece in this week’s New Yorker before it’s gone.

Jack shit, that’s what I know about politics.

The race tightens in Iowa, and the Democratic primaries are finally showing signs of life.

Saddam Hussein reminds me of somebody.

Al Gore shakes things up.

There’s something absurd about design.

Sympathy for residents of California.

What’s good about the recall election in California?

Is Iraq another Vietnam? The answer is no.

This morning, many people went to work without compunction or fear.

The run-up to the war in Iraq increasingly appears to have been predicated on half-truths, falsehoods and specious intelligence.

The results of the FCC vote on media consolidation are in.

This weekend I plan to worry about Monday’s FCC vote.

The impending approval of the third-largest tax cut in history demonstrates an historic leadership vacuum.

It’s impossible to find an image of a local suspected serial rapist on the Web.

We’s going to war, but we should fear what we will reap from it.

A mysterious ‘respiratory illness’ is wending its way through Southeast Asia.

Don’t heed George W. Bush’s words, but rather heed his actions.

Like to strike matches? Then maybe you can help capture Usama bin Laden!

Tom Ridge now has two items on his list of ‘Things I’ve Done While Serving as Secretary of Homeland Security.’

On Wed 12 Feb, Senator Robert Byrd delivered an impassioned, powerful speech against the Bush Administration’s war fixations.

Business Week calls the music industry’s piracy numbers — and credibility — into question.

Five random killings in Montgomery County, MD hit close to my hometown.

You’re invited to war.

My home state has new voting machines.

Chilling Effects is a showcase for scary corporate bullying.

Clinton had some unkind words on Bush foreign policy.

Sesame Street intends to add an HIV-positive character to its cast of puppets.

Wow, Rep. James Traficant is a total loon.

The WorldCom disaster can’t be the last financial scandal.

Random violence in my neighborhood.

John Gotti has left the building.

Reading about the family behind The New York Times.

Training super-hackers for the government.

The debut of the redesigned The Wall Street Journal.

Last night’s episode of “Frontline” went behind the scenes with both Palestinian freedom fighters and Israeli security forces.

Wrote a letter to my Congresspeople today.

Rumors behind the redesign of The Wall Street Journal.

NY Times on Chinese-language newspapers changing their orientation.

The Senate approved an overhaul of campaign finance laws today.

Corporate intrigue over at HP.

Some comments on Enron.

Two reminders of the Eighties.

Patterns in corporate scandal, as observed by Kurt Eichenwald.

The Enron mess.

Should airport security remain a private sector industry? The Republicans think so.

Democrats, wake up!

Some thoughts after September 11.

Mesmerized by the news.

This is September 11, 2001.

The New York Times has published a report on what really happend in Florida, November 2000.

Prepare to love the Chinese.

FEER has an interview with Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

The National review’s Jonah Goldberg plays fast and loose with racial stereotypes.

A major oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

The market had a bloody, bloody day.

Abb Joseph Cohen just can’t be held down.

In Australia, it can be illegal to forward email.

An unscientific visualization of what’s happening with the Internet consulting industry

I no longer have the luxury of staying basically oblivious to the state of our economy.

Is it a recession or a slowdown?

Bill Hewlett, pionering co-founder of HP, passed away a few days ago.

How depressed will you be for the next four years?

The Zero Factor is serious business.