Time Europe's Newest Poll -- The Biggest Threat To Peace?
Which country poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003?North Korea, Iraq or United States? Where did we put those chads?

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Los Angeles Council Adopts Resolution Against Iraq War
After a 9-to-4 vote, Los Angeles became the country's largest city to oppose a unilateral war against Iraq, joining more than 100 other cities and counties.
(NYT)

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants;
it is the creed of slaves.
William Pitt
(Suggested by Al Pennington)

THE WAR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
The hidden story of what is really driving the Bush administration to war with Iraq. The investigation asks whether the publicly reported reasons--fear of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction or a desire to insure and protect America's access to oil--are only masking the real reason for the war. Through interviews with well-placed sources in and outside of the administration, PBS unravels a story known only to the Washington insiders.(PBS FRONTLINE Suggested by Paul Whitehurst)

GROUPS URGE LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT'S SPYING POWERS
"The irony is no one can know for certain whether they are the subject of these secret surveillance orders because they're secret," said Ann Beeson, ACLU's associate legal director
(FINDLAW See cert petition below)

JOHN DOE v. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Lawsuit Brought By Families Of U.S. Soldiers In The Persian Gulf Challenging President Bush's Authority To Wage War Against Iraq.
(FINDLAW, February 13, 2003)

IN RE: SEALED CASE OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT OF REVIEW
Petition For Certiorari To The U.S. Supreme Court Filed By The ACLU, Nat'l Assoc. Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, And Arab-American Organizations Concerning The Legal Powers Authorized Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
(FINDLAW, February 18, 2003)

ALABAMA-CUBA WEEK
University of Alabama Calls for Programs and Activities Concerning Cuba
If your work applies to Cuban arts and letters, society, and scientific research the University of Alabama might help you fund a program within their conference devoted to the Alabama-Cuba Academic Partnership. The conference is slated for November 17-22, 2003 and is part of an initiative seeking to build research, scholarly, and teaching partnerships with academic counterparts in Cuba.
The conference is part of Alabama-Cuba Week at The University of Alabama, scheduled in conjunction with the nationwide International Week which concentrates on worldwide issues and interests. At UA, International Week will include a special focus on Cuba.
For more info:
Larry Clayton 348-7103, lclayton@simplecom.net
Carmen Taylor 348-7007, ctaylor@as.ua.edu

John le Carré: The United States of America has gone mad
The reaction to 9/11 is beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have hoped for in his nastiest dreams. As in McCarthy times, the freedoms that have made America the envy of the world are being systematically eroded. The combination of compliant US media and vested corporate interests is once more ensuring that a debate that should be ringing out in every town square is confined to the loftier columns of the East Coast press.
(London Times Suggested by Molly Thomas)

MOST HORRIBLE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCES.
Senator Byrd lashes out against Bush, Congress
We stand passively mute in the United States Senate, paralyzed by our own uncertainty, seemingly stunned by the sheer turmoil of events. Only on the editorial pages of our newspapers is there much substantive discussion of the prudence or imprudence of engaging in this particular war.
This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.
(Herald Dispatch, Suggested by Connie Acevedo)

Lineup and Dates For Bonnaroo Music Festival Announced
The second annual three-day music and camping festival will be held June 13-15, 2003 on the same pristine 600-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville.
(Suggested by Steve Centanni)

Snow Day 2003
Janice and Gary Gottesfeld just added a snow page so that we can vicariously enjoy the cold weather.

Speak Out
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
And a vast paranoia sweeps across the land And America turns the attack on its Twin Towers Into the beginning of the Third World War The war with the Third World
And the terrorists in Washington Are shipping out the young men To the killing fields again
And no one speaks
(Suggested by Paul Whitehurst)

Illegal Art Exhibit
Celebrating what is rapidly becoming the "degenerate art" of a corporate age: art and ideas on the legal fringes of intellectual property. Some of the pieces in the show have eluded lawyers; others have had to appear in court.
(Suggested by Zack Soto)

The Tolkien Sarcasm Page
Help solve those weighty debates about Glorfindel's bloodline and whether or not Thingol was a wise King.

Visual Thesaurus
This is the coolest thing!

Planetarium
Planetarium is an application for the Palm Connected Organizer that plots star charts and offers some unique, useful features for the beginning star gazer as well as for the professional astronomer.

Caribbean Recipes
They have taken a lot of the items from their webpage due to server issues. Still a great site. And, you can order their cd of recipes.

In Word, Song and Sign, an Emphatic No to Invasion of Iraq
....creative interpretations of the antiwar message delivered in a coordinated series of rallies in 150 American cities and towns today, part of an international movement expected to bring millions of protesters to the streets over 72 hours.
(NYT)