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Abdul-Zahra, Qassim. “Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq.”
Abrahams, Peter. Oblivion.
Allen, Vicki. “White House threatens veto on detainee policies.”
American Civil Liberties Union. “FBI uses Patriot Act to demand information with no judicial approval from organization with library records.”
Amidon, Stephen. Human capital.
Anderson, Laurie Smith. “Doctor says FEMA ordered him to stop treating hurricane victims.”
Baldwin, Matthew. Files are not for sharing.
Baldwin, Tom. “Peace deal offers Iraq insurgents an amnesty.”
Balfour, Sandy. Pretty girl in crimson rose (8): a memoir of love, exile and crosswords.
Ballantyne, Tony.
- Capacity.
- Recursion.
Barnes, Peter. Capitalism 3.0: a guide to reclaiming the commons.
Barry, Max. Company: a novel.
Barton, Bruce. “The tension between DRM and academic publishing.”
Behr, Rafael. “Access denied.”
Benkler, Yochai. The wealth of networks: how social production transforms markets and freedom.
Berman, Morris. Dark Ages America: the final phase of empire.
Bérubé, Michael.
- “Bush offers ‘no-wage’ contracts for Katrina cleanup.”
- “The ‘sky’ is ‘falling.’”
- What's liberal about the liberal arts?
Best, Joel. Flavor of the month: why smart people fall for fads.
Biancuzzi, Federico. “RMS: the GNU GPL is here to stay.”
Blauner, Peter. Slipping into darkness.
Block, Lawrence.
- All the flowers are dying.
- Hit parade.
Blount, Roy, Jr. First hubby.
Blunt, James. “No bravery.”
Borland, John. “Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows.”
Brunner, John.
- Double, double.
- The dramaturges of Yan.
- Now then!
- Players at the game of people.
- The stardroppers.
- Timescoop.
- The world swappers.
Bryson, Bill. Bryson's dictionary of troublesome words.
Byrd, William E. The reasoned Schemer.
Bywater, Michael. Lost worlds: what have we lost, & where did it go?
“Cargoweasel.” “A joke.”
Center for Constitutional Rights. Report on torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv. Imperial life in the Emerald City.
Charteris, Leslie. Thieves' picnic.
Chasman, Paul. The book of Bob: a novel.
Churchill, Rob. The Voynich manuscript.
Cipra, Barry, et al., eds. Tribute to a mathemagician.
Clinger, William D. “Re: inexactness vs. exactness.”
Cohen, Jeff. Cable news confidential: my misadventures in corporate media.
Cole, Juan.
- “Christian terrorist Rudolph sentenced: what the rightwing press will not say.”
- “Fisking the `war on terror.'”
Cornwell, Patricia.
- Point of origin.
- Southern cross.
Coursey, David. “Grokster ruling begins the good fight.”
Coyne, Jerry. “One side can be wrong.”
Craig, Peter. Hot plastic.
Crews, Frederick. Follies of the wise.
Cullin, Mitch. A slight trick of the mind.
Daou, Peter. “The ethics of Iraq: moral strength vs. material strength.”
“DavidNYC.” “Can FEMA do anything right?”
Dawkins, Richard.
- The God delusion.
- “One side can be wrong.”
DeLong, J. Bradford. “The computer help catechism.”
Deutsch, Anthony. “Dutch court won't extradite terror suspect.”
DeVries, Peter. Forever panting.
Dickinson, Peter. The lizard in the cup.
Dickson, Carter. The department of queer complaints.
Dikkers, Scott. Destined for destiny: the unauthorized autobiography of George W. Bush.
Duke, Lynne. “No I-told-you-sos: opponents of the Iraq war voice pain, not vindication, at predications they could only hope would be wrong.”
Duraneau, Alain Omer. “The official God FAQ.”
Editor & publisher. “Barbara Bush: Things working out ‘very well’ for poor evacuees from New Orleans.”
Edmundson, Mark. Why read?: on the uses of great writing.
Eggen, Dan. “FBI papers indicate intelligence violations.”
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bait and switch: the (futile) pursuit of the American dream.
Ehrman, Bart D. Misquoting Jesus: the story behind who changed the Bible and why.
Ellis, David. In the company of liars.
Elster, Charles Harrington. What in the word?: wordplay, word lore, and answers to your peskiest questions about the language.
Elton, Ben. Past mortem.
Engelhardt, Tom.
- “At the front of nowhere at all: the perfect storm and the feral city.”
- “Can you say ‘permanent bases’?: the American press can't.”
Ettlinger, Marc. “Bush is not incompetent.”
Evans, Jennifer. “Rice University Press reborn as nation's first fully digital academic press.”
“Fafnir.”
- “Different strokes for different folks.”
- “He's coming to town.”
- “Q & A: our omnipotent president.”
- “Strange times and idle meats.”
Fallows, James. “Where Congress can draw the line.”
Farsetta, Diane. “Fake TV news: widespread and undisclosed: a multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients.”
Faux, Jeff. The global class war: how America's bipartisan elite lost our future -- and what it will take to win it back.
Federal Communications Commission. “FCC requires certain broadband and VoIP providers to accommodate wiretaps.”
Felten, Edward W.
- “Does the Great Firewall violate U.S. law?”
- “DRM wars: property rights management.”
- “DRM wars: the next generation.”
- “How much information is conveyed by a Princeton grade?”
- “Lessons from the Sony CD DRM episode.”
- “Nuts and bolts of network neutrality.”
- “PRM wars.”
- “Sony's Web-based uninstaller opens a big security hole; Sony to recall disks.”
Ferguson, Sam. “Bush is not incompetent.”
Fisher, William W., III.
- “The digital learning challenge: obstacles to educational uses of copyrighted materials in the digital age.”
- Promises to keep: technology, law, and the future of entertainment.
Franken, Al. The truth (with jokes).
Franzén, Torkel. Gödel's theorem: an incomplete guide to its use and abuse.
Free Software Foundation. “GPL3 process definition: confidential draft.”
Friedman, Daniel P. The reasoned Schemer.
From, Al. “How America can win again.”
Garcia, Eric. Matchstick men.
Garfinkel, Simson. “History's worst software bugs.”
Garlick, Mia. “Creative Commons memo: Getting to version 3.0 -- substance & procedure.”
Gelineau, Kristen. “Court: ‘Dirty bomb’ suspect can be held.”
Gentle, Mary. Worlds that weren't.
“Georgia10.” “Losing the war on terror?”
Gerber, Michael. Freshman.
Gibbs, Mark. “Starting up in 2012.”
“Giblets.” “6/10 changed everything.”
Gledhill, Ruth. “Societies worse off ‘when they have God on their side’.”
Goldberg, Lee. Mr. Monk goes to Hawaii.
Goodman, Amy. The exception to the rulers: exposing oily politicians, war profiteers, and the media that love them.
Goodman, Allegra. Intuition.
“goopymart.” Files are not for sharing.
Gore, Al. An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it.
Grafton, Sue. S is for silence.
Greenwald, Glenn.
- How would a patriot act?
- “Legal issues governing the Administration's newly disclosed surveillance program.”
Guilford, Jessi. “Presentation 18:1-21.”
Gunn, Elizabeth.
- Crazy eights.
- Par four.
Gutmann, Peter. “A cost analysis of Windows Vista content protection.”
Haber, Karen, ed. Science fiction: the best of 2004.
Haddam, Jane. The headmaster's wife.
Halderman, J. Alex.
- “Sony's Web-based uninstaller opens a big security hole; Sony to recall disks.”
- “Lessons from the Sony CD DRM episode.”
Hammersley, Ben. Developing feeds with RSS and Atom.
Hampton, Sheldon. The best war ever: lies, damned lies, and the mess in Iraq.
Hansen, Jim. “The threat to the planet.”
Hare, David. Stuff happens.
Hartmann, Thom. Unequal protection: the rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights.
Heinlein, Robert A. Variable star.
Heinberg, Richard. The party's over: oil, war, and the fate of industrial societies.
Henderson, Bobby. The gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Herbert, Rosemary, ed. A new omnibus of crime.
Herman, Dave. “Nancy typing.”
Hersh, Seymour M.
- “Get out the vote.”
- “The Iran plans.”
- “Last stand: the military's problem with the President's Iran policy.”
“Hesiod.” “It's all they've got.”
Hiaasen, Carl.
- Double whammy.
- Flush.
- Nature girl.
Hilleren, Peter. Destined for destiny: the unauthorized autobiography of George W. Bush.
Hillerman, Tony, ed. A new omnibus of crime.
Hodgman, John. The areas of my expertise.
“Hoffmania.” “WaPo: Iraq now a huge problem. Duh.”
Hornberger, Jacob G. “Killing Iraqi children.”
“Hunter.” “Melting the skin off of children.”
Hurst, Steven R. “Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq.”
Hutcheon, S. J. “Dumb and dumber: copyright law change.”
Irons, Peter. War powers: how the imperial presidency hijacked the constitution.
Jacobs, A. J. The know-it-all: one man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world.
Jacobs, Jonnie. The only suspect.
Jacoby, Susan. “Original intent.”
Jenkins, Henry. “Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: digital cinema, media convergence, and participatory culture.”
Johnson, Chalmers. Nemesis.
Jones, Pamela.
- “Microsoft's calling home problem: it's a matter of informed consent.”
- “Microsoft sued over WGA.”
- “Patent infringement lawsuits that involve FOSS.”
- “The second class action lawsuit over Microsoft's WGA.”
- “SFLC asks USPTO to review and revoke Blackboard's patent.”
- “When open standards really matter -- the Katrina factor.”
Kaplan, Esther. “A disaster for abstinence ideology.”
Karpin, Fred L. Winning play in tournament and duplicate bridge.
Keil, Paul. “For TX GOP, is disaster spelled S-H-E-L-L-E-Y S-E-K-U-L-A--G-I-B-B-S?”
Kellaway, Lucy. Who moved my BlackBerry^TM?
Kelly, Kevin. “Scan this book!”
Kennedy, Gerry. The Voynich manuscript.
King, Laurie R. Locked rooms.
Kiselyov, Oleg. The reasoned Schemer.
Knickmeyer, Ellen. “U.S. lowers sights on what can be achieved in Iraq.”
Knight, Andrew. “U.S. Patent Office publishes the first patent application to claim a fictional storyline; inventor asserts provisional rights against Hollywood.”
Knight, Damon. A for anything.
Koryta, Michael. Tonight I said goodbye.
Kozol, Jonathan. The shame of the nation: the restoration of apartheid schooling in America.
Krugman, Paul. “The health care crisis and what to do about it.”
Kunstler, Jim. “Another country.”
Lakoff, George. “Bush is not incompetent.”
Lapham, Lewis H. Pretensions to empire: notes on the criminal folly of the Bush administration.
Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck.
Le Carré, John.
- The constant gardener.
- Smiley's people.
Lederman, Marty. “The heroes of the Pentagon's interrogation scandal.”
Leggett, Jeremy. The empty tank: oil, gas, hot air, and the coming global financial catastrophe.
Lewis, Nathan S. “Scientific challenges in sustainable energy technology.”
“Linux Genuine Advantage.” “Linux Genuine Advantage™.”
“Lisa.” “Freedom Toaster: burn free.”
Liss, David. The ethical assassin.
“MadScientist.” “Early copyright rulings.”
Marechal, Sander. “A dystopian future -- looking beyond Windows Vista.”
Martenson, Chris. “U.S. in technical default.”
Martínez, Guillermo. The Oxford murders.
Mazzetti, Mark. “Spy agencies say Iraq war worsens terror threat.”
McChesney, Robert W. Tragedy and farce: how the American media sell wars, spin elections, and destroy democracy.
McDevitt, Jack. Polaris.
McGeveran, William. “The digital learning challenge: obstacles to educational uses of copyrighted materials in the digital age.”
McGovern, Ray. “Don't be fooled.”
McLeod, Kembrew. Letter to Leo Stoller.
“The Medium Lobster.”
- “Claustrophobic techniques.”
- “Don't look now.”
- “Point: We must win.”
Mickum, Brent. “Guantánamo's lost souls.”
Miller, Mark Crispin.
- Cruel and unusual: Bush/Cheney's new world order.
- Fooled again: how the right stole the 2004 election and why they'll steal the next one too (unless we stop them).
Miller, Robin. “Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications.”
Moglen, Eben. “The wording of the changes.”
Mooney, Chris C. The Republican war on science.
Mortimer, John.
- Quite honestly.
- Rumpole and the reign of terror.
Myers, PZ. “The god worm.”
“Neddie.” “Achieving representation.”
Newberry, Stirling. “The four great realizations.”
Nichols, John. Tragedy and farce: how the American media sell wars, spin elections, and destroy democracy.
Niven, Larry. Lucifer's hammer.
Norden, Lawrence, et al. The machinery of democracy: protecting elections in an electronic world.
Nossel, Suzanne. “Iraq: Instead of benchmarks to get out, benchmarks to stay in.”
Nottingham, M., ed. “The Atom syndication format.”
Oppel, Richard A., Jr. “Military to report Marines killed Iraqi civilians.”
Othmer, James P. The futurist: a novel.
Papadimoulis, Alex.
- “Injection rejection.”
- “Rewrapping a wrapper wrapper.”
Paretsky, Sara. Fire sale.
Parker, Ned. “Peace deal offers Iraq insurgents an amnesty.”
Parry, Robert. “Iran clock is ticking.”
Perkins, John. Confessions of an economic hit man.
Phipps, Simon. “DRM and the death of a culture.”
“Pilgrim, Billy.” “No bravery.”
Pincus, Walter. “Pentagon revises nuclear strike plan.”
Pollak, August J. “Confederate Victory theory.”
Pournelle, Jerry. Lucifer's hammer.
Price, Daniel. “Fake TV news: widespread and undisclosed: a multimedia report on television newsrooms' use of material provided by PR firms on behalf of paying clients.”
Priest, Dana. “CIA holds terror suspects in secret prisons.”
Proffitt, Brian. “Putting away the welcome mat.”
Pullman, Philip.
- The amber spyglass.
- The golden compass.
- The subtle knife.
Queen, Ellery. Wife or death and The golden goose.
Rabern, Landon. “On the existence of extremal deities.”
Rall, Ted.
- “The other side of the war.”
- “The parable of the bus.”
- Silk road to ruin: is Central Asia the new Middle East?
- “The 10,000th Haditha.”
- “They hate us.”
Reed, Bruce. “How America can win again.”
Rankin, Ian. Witch hunt.
Rendell, Ruth.
- End in tears.
- The Rottweiler.
- A sight for sore eyes.
- 13 steps down.
Reuters AlertNet. “U.S. agency blocks photos of New Orleans dead.”
Revkin, Andrew C. “Climate expert says NASA tried to silence him.”
Robinson, Kim Stanley.
- Fifty degrees below.
- Forty signs of rain.
Robinson, Sara. “Sara's Sunday rant: The culture of planning, part I.”
Robinson, Spider. Variable star.
Rogers, John. “Wait, aren't you scared?”
Rojas, Peter. “An open letter to Microsoft: why you shouldn't kill FairUse4WM.”
Rosen, Nir. “Iraq is the republic of fear.”
Rudman, Floyd. “The politics of paranoia and intimidation: why does the NSG engage in mass surveillance of Americans when it's statistically impossible for such spying to detect terrorists?”
Russell, Bertrand. Sceptical essays.
Sandberg, Anders. “One reason why power corrupts.”
Sawyer, Robert J. Flashforward.
Sayre, R., ed. “The Atom syndication format.”
Schmitt, Eric.
- “Military to report Marines killed Iraqi civilians.”
- “Pentagon study describes abuse by units in Iraq.”
Schneier, Bruce. “Airline security a waste of cash.”
Seaman, Barrett. Binge: what your college student won't tell you: campus life in an age of disconnection and excess.
Sedaris, David. Me talk pretty one day.
Seltzer, Wendy.
- “Death by DMCA.”
- “Kids: understand the USPTO's reality distortion field.”
Shanker, Thom. “Military to report Marines killed Iraqi civilians.”
Silber, Arthur.
- “Barbarian nation: the torturers win.”
- “Get out now. Just do it.”
- “Our date with Armageddon.”
- “When honor is no longer possible: a nation beyond forgiveness.”
Simak, Clifford D. Time and again.
Simpson, Erik. “Facing down Katrina, Bush declares War on Wet.”
Singel, Ryan. “When cell phones become oracles.”
Slavin, Barbara. “Rice defends prisoner tactics.”
Smiley, Jane.
- “Notes for converts.”
- “A ten-step program.”
Software Freedom Law Center. “GPL3 process definition: confidential draft.”
Sorenson, Roy. A brief history of the paradox: philosophy and the labyrinths of the mind.
Stallman, Richard. Presentation at the 4th International GPLv3 Conference.
Stark, Richard. Nobody runs forever.
Stauber, John. The best war ever: lies, damned lies, and the mess in Iraq.
Sterling, Bruce.
- “The rootkit of all evil.”
- “Suicide by pseudoscience.”
Steuer, Eric. “Microsoft and Creative Commons release tool for copyright licensing.”
Stewart, George R. Earth abides.
Stirling, S.M. Worlds that weren't.
Stone, David. The Eschelon vendetta.
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. Science fiction: the best of 2004.
Stross, Charles.
- Accelerando.
- Glasshouse.
Suskind, Ron. The one percent doctrine: deep inside America's pursuit of its enemies since 9/11.
Szpiro, George G. The secret life of numbers: 50 easy pieces on how mathematicians work and think.
Taibbi, Matt. “Four amendments & a funeral.”
Tey, Josephine.
- The daughter of time.
- A shilling for candles.
Thomas, Scarlett. PopCo: a novel.
“Tomorrow, Tom.”
- “Cartoon controversies.”
- “Willy Wonkanomics.”
Townsend, Sue. Adrian Mole and the weapons of mass destruction.
Trollope, Anthony. The way we live now.
Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: how a cartoon masterpiece defined a generation.
Turtledove, Harry. Worlds that weren't.
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team. “First 4 Internet XCP DRM vulnerabilities.”
Vaidhyanathan, Siva. “Open source as culture -- culture as open source.”
Vine, Barbara. The minotaur.
Von Lohmann, Fred. “Death by DMCA.”
Vonnegut, Kurt. A man without a country.
Vowell, Sarah. Assassination vacation.
Wajnryb, Ruth. Expletive deleted $&#@*!: a good look at bad language.
Wallenstein, Immanuel. “The U.S. has lost the Iraq war.”
Walsh, Declan. “Guardian finds Afghan witnesses US couldn't.”
Walton, Jo. Farthing.
Warren, Henry S., Jr. Hacker's delight.
Weinstein, Lauren. “Microsoft responds regarding Windows XP Update vs. spyware.”
Wells, Robin. “The health care crisis and what to do about it.”
Welsh, Ian. “The corporation: I.”
White, Josh. “Interrogation research is lacking, report says.”
Whitehorn, Mark. “A lesson in spyware.”
Williams, Walter Jon. Worlds that weren't.
Willinsky, John. The access principle: the case for open access to research and scholarship.
Wodehouse, P. G. Laughing gas.
Wright, Robin. “U.S. lowers sights on what can be achieved in Iraq.”
Yodaiken, Victor. “DRM out of balance.”
Zinn, Howard. Just war.

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