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Shoulder to Shoulder, Blair and Bush Nominated for Peace Prize
By Stuart Millar, The Guardian
What do notable war hawks Tony Blair and George Bush have in common? A nomination for the 2002 Nobel peace prize, thanks to right-wing Norwegian politician Harald Tom Nesvik. Nesvik points to 'their decisive action against terrorism' as the basis for his recommendation. -- Andi McDaniel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,645075,00.html

States Rights vs. Federal Tyranny
By David Morris, Alternet
'States' rights' is best known as the battle cry of conservatives seeking to limit the federal government's power. But last December, when California's left-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court ruling that allowed troops to destroy marijuana plants grown for medicinal purposes, the left used state legislation to combat sometimes heavy-handed federal laws. -- Eric Larson
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17647

Immigration by Shibboleth
By Michael Erard, Legal Affairs
'Y'all,' 'eh' -- in the U.S., the moment these language cues pop out of someone's mouth we make judgments about what region that person is from. Turns out that Australia is using a similar type of language analysis to judge the veracity of some refugees' claims for asylum, despite questions about the accuracy of such testing. -- Erica Wetter
http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/November-December-2003/story_erad_novdec03.html

Risky E-Vote System to Expand
By Kim Zetter, Wired News
To anyone concerned about the security of the e-voting system proposed for overseas voters in the November presidential election: you're in good company. A group of researchers, invited by the government to evaluate the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment, found the system to be 'dangerous,' and suggested it be abandoned. Government officials intend to ignore the warning. -- EL
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62041,00.html

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