well written. important news. has as much information as can be expected for breaking news

I think it asks an important question. Namely: Should/Will Hillary have the strength to resist bill on matters important/unimportant to him/her? personally i think she could, but if you would pardon the expression, she strikes me as having balls. not that thats a strength. but nonetheless... so many variables that could influence it, i think you have to accept when you vote for one, you sort of vote for both. i digress Flavoured as usual for an opinion piece. also ignores some comments both clintons have made on the matter. but nonetheless a valid piece

A good article. presents very lucid arguments, not so much for secularism, but at least discussion, free speech and democracy.

very opinionated, even for an opinion piece :-P. I found the rhetoric to be to strong, but i enjoyed it none the less. if only because i thought it was fairly well written and structured. but it is such a complex issue trying to address it so simply just doesn't work.

Presented a coherent logical argument. just what you want in an editorial, and not too blatantly flavoured with any particular political bent..

This was an informative piece, but presented some opinions as facts, which i found to be disagreeable. Examples are "It's stating the obvious that more anxiety in the financial markets -- or dare I say a recession -- will be another key to the Bush legacy." and "Bush needs legacy items, while Pelosi & Co. need some accomplishments to take to voters next November." while bush needing/wanting legacy items is acceptable enough, since it seems to be the view of enough of a majority that it has become fact. the statement about Nancy Pelosi and Co definitely deserves more evidence and support than it was given, especially since one of the possibly competing viewpoints is that the democrats want "bush & co" to continue making mistakes, ... More »

Quite an enjoyable article. Filled with supposition, but its an article about the future, so thats acceptable

I thought it presented an interesting view into some of the differences in foreign policy between the republican candidates, but it was effectively limited to discussion about iraq, iran and a little on putin and russia. And thats as limited a scope as you can have really, i mean the three countries are of huge importance, but does not discuss china, india, any of asia, most of europe etc.etc.

Discusses a few of the issues associated with biometrics, and the problems inherent within. Fails to follow up on a few issues raised, such as sharing of biometrics between countries and agencies? which ones? also i think would have been more balanced by the inclusion of potential other uses that are of major self interest to the public, not just the national security and privacy aspects. This could include, oh, i dont know, cars that can automatically identify their drivers, unlocking and starting, etc.etc. would have presented the essential third quality, that is, how they are going to convince the public that it is socially acceptable.

I thought this was quite a comprehensive article. Much more so at least than you would usually get in consumer level news. But Scientific American has always been a bit above those levels as well. sorry, i digress. seemed to be very well researched, although it could have done with more examples of international development. My opinion of the subject: thought it failed in some ways to address the environmental concerns inherent in solar power, while drastically lower than that of coal etc.etc are still high in terms of pollutants released during manufacture. also my personal belief is that any renewables plan has to incorporate much more than the token amount this article allowed for wind, gethermal, hydro (wave). still a ... More »

Could have done with alot more discussion of international efforts at a missile shield, it mentions the number of us trials, but not the number of successes, and thats quite available information. and you just have to love the final line "We should be getting more missiles, not finding ways of shooting them down."

Average journalism, that is to say, nothing particularly flawed, but nothing particularly inspiring either. Could have done with more discussion of previous failed and current alternative algae/biofuel production. I remember some very interesting studies being done about algae production using captured exhaust from coal plants. anyway, decent article

I Though this was a fabulously comprehensive and well put together article. Making a case and supporting it with multiple types of reputable evidence. also a convincing article, but i have to be careful because it is a subject in which i feel the same way as the writer.