Don't Clone The Vatican / Forget creating a super-race; let's just weed out uptight moral doctrine instead Perhaps we can move more toward a strain of the human animal that decidedly lacks the narrow thinking of, say, the GOP, of the religious Right, the soul-crushing doctrine of the Vatican and the more uptight and delimiting belief systems of the planet, Republican regression and Democratic whininess and overall sexual paranoia and guilt-laden dread, overcome those not-so-benign forces who would decide all the vagaries of life for you.
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The whole article is wonderful. There's even an inference that cloning might somehow fix the 'problem' with Trent Lott's hair!

Will 'It' Finally Be Revealed?

Remember "Ginger," the supposedly earth-shattering Mystery Thing that inventor Dean Kamen was rumored to have been working on earlier this year, back in happier times? Well, the enigmatic Ginger -- also called "It" -- will soon be unveiled ... maybe.

Last Monday, Diane Sawyer, host of ABC's Good Morning America, announced that her show will soon reveal the secret invention -- rumored to be a super-efficient personal scooter -- that tech heavies like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos said could possibly change the world.

Apple 'baffled' by proposed $1 billion Microsoft settlement Apple 'baffled' by proposed $1 billion Microsoft settlement

PAUL OWENS, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, November 27, 2001

(11-27) 11:19 PST BALTIMORE (AP) --
Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday criticized Microsoft Corp.'s plan to settle its consumer class-action suits by donating refurbished computers, hardware and other resources to the nation's poorest schools.
"We're baffled that a settlement imposed against Microsoft for breaking the law should allow, even encourage, them to unfairly make inroads into education -- one of the few markets left where they don't have monopoly power," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.