Soapbox

Perhaps not vocal in sharing them in conversation, I certainly do have opinions on a variety of topics. Consider this the editorial section of the web site.

• INS Detention of Muslims in Los Angeles
  December 20, 2002
  Under the guise of performing a "registration", the INS has detained men from the Middle East who are awaiting processing of applications for permanent residence in the US. This is an open letter to Senator Edward Kennedy decrying the circumstances and the conditions these detainees are enduring.

• Pat's Rule on Basketball Fouls
  March 22, 2002
  With March Madness here, it's time for me to voice a perpetual gripe about the use of fouling to gain possession of the ball, and my own solution.

• Red light cameras and privacy on the streets
  March 18, 2002
  Some people believe there is no violation of privacy by taking a photo of a car and its license plate in a public place. The danger to privacy isn't the photo, its something so abstract that many people have given it no thought.

• Massachusetts Politics: Virginia Buckingham's Departure Package
  November 8, 2001
  Never heard of an employee getting a year's salary because they decided to resign? Welcome to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• Face It: We Know Where You Are
  July 17, 2001
  Facial recognition technology that's now being deployed is a serious threat to the individual privacy of each American.

• Unreasonable Standards Applied to Napster: Nothing's Perfect
  July 13, 2001
  Judge Marilyn Patel's ruling requiring Napster to shut down until it can guarantee 100% compliance is too high a standard.

• International Flavor at Baseball All-Star Game: Truncated
  July 11, 2001
  Another episode in the continuing saga of the US entertainment machine treating the rest of the world as if it doesn't exist.

• Can MetLife Be Any More Intrusive?
  July 7, 2001
  My comments on crass commercialism displayed by Metropolitan Life during Boston's 4th of July fireworks.