Email Still Broken

To the uncounted tens of people who are trying to send email to my old address, two things:

1. Email is still broken. Hopefully the DNS changes I made today will show up tomorrow.
2. I'm abandoning my old secret address in favor of a new secret address; I'll let those in the know, know.

In the meantime, send your emails glowing with praise to my work account.

Then The Terrorists Have Won…

Anthony Lewis speaks truth to power in his column today, which urges the nation's courts not to abandon the Constitution to hysteria over terrorism. It might come as a surprise to some (and to me) that Lewis praises Israel's judicial system as an example America would do well to follow in the current climate:

Aharon Barak, president of the Israeli Supreme Court, put his conclusions as follows: "The real test of [judicial] independence and impartiality comes in situations of war and terrorism… Precisely in these times, we judges must hold fast to fundamental principles and values; we must embrace our supreme responsibility to protect democracy and the constitution."

Whether Israel actually practices what its Chief Justice preaches is an open question. But given the tendency of the courts to give law enforcement unquestioned — and unquestionable — reign in this troubled time, we should definitely start to practice what Barak preaches.

Date My Sister, Please

This might be old news to some, but check out the Date My Sister Project over at thespark.com, wherein a brother surveils his sister on dates and puts it on the net for all to see. Cruel and embarassing? You'd think so, but it really doesn't turn out that way. And it's a good way to kill an hour at the office.