April 20, 2001 - The Microsoft jinx - By John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, COMMENTARY--I suppose now is as good a time as any to air my complaints about Microsoft's decision to make its next iteration of the operating system into nagware. If the company actually goes through with this, it will be the worst decision made in the personal computer business since Micropro copy-protected the Wordstar 2000 word processor about 20 years ago. The result of that decision was that nobody bought Wordstar 2000, and eventually the company lost credibility, lost market share, and went bust. In short, the decision was a jinx...

  April 03, 2001 - Legislative Update for Florida... - As you already know, Florida's state legislators will not consider any bills on state marijuana policy this year. As a result, MPP has coordinated action instead on the bills in Florida's legislature that would restore the right to vote to felons -- including the nonviolent marijuana felons who are permanently disenfranchised in Florida and only nine other states. So far, only 27 Florida residents have sent their legislators an e-mail in support of these bills. It is easy to send a supportive e-mail to your legislators at http://www.mpp.org/FL. Please visit and take action today...

 April 11, 2001 - Private Citizens Create Community Park - I'm sure something like this could never happen in Okaloosa County. But we can always use this example when we are told that tax increases are the ONLY way to accomplish a task. - Dan

 April 07, 2001 - Government Dishonesty... - Government dishonesty is nowhere more evident than in the income tax, both in the way the American citizen was conned into accepting it, and in the way so much tax money is currently being collected...through the deception of withholding...