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Don't look too closely. (News And Notes).(Internet filtering software)(Internet domains)
September 22, 2002... While doing some research tangential to reviewing the Hereford Mappamundi (see Reviews), and being dissatisfied that users could not copy and paste from the CD, I used a Google image search to find out what, if anything, was floating on the Internet that might suffice. With the "adult" filter...

We don't need you any more. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Pressures for conformity in the classroom would appear to be the strongest since the 1950s. The impetus comes not from zealots using the horrors of 9/11/01 as their cover. Rather, the rationale is poor student performance on standardized tests. (It seems to make no difference that young...

Whither the Web? (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Another concern I have is that the web will become marginalized. Already it seems to be losing some of its steam. It's a wonderful cornucopia, a Pandora's box at times and godsend at others. It may even--along with Harry Potter--have reintroduced the younger generation to the wonders of text...

Campus Watch. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Concerned that pro-Muslim views have fostered a hate-Israel mentality on college campuses, Daniel Pipes spearheads a website intended to expose these evil-talkers and set the record straight. Part of this endeavor is the establishment of an enemies list (called "Dossiers on Professors") at...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (News And Notes).(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... It seems that Pipes has somewhat reversed course and will remove the dossiers from the website. He has not backed down from the idea that certain professors need their wings clipped. Political correctness is supposedly something only the leftish would foist upon the public, but those with a...