Take a moment to enrich your mind: here's our weekly
selection of articles worth reading on the Web. If you like
them, tell your friends...
---Business---
A Salon article covers the case of PayPal, the online
payment company whose state of regulatory limbo and
aggressive anti-fraud tactics are worrying consumers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51411
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An Industry Standard article reports on the U.S. Postal
Service's e-commerce plans.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51711
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51711
A LinuxWorld column argues that telecommuting will reduce
overhead for companies, reduce infrastructural and
environmental damage, and make for a happier and more
productive work force.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51593
---Science---
The earthquake in Gujarat, India, has caused water to spring
forth from formerly arid areas, reports New Scientist.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51251
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51251
A Smithsonian article documents an expedition by naturalists
and taxonomists to research the fascinating but
little-understood critters called slime molds.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51341
---Archaeology---
A U.S. News article reports on the discovery of a
2,300-year-old trading ship, found 10,000 feet below the
Mediterranean.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51501
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51501
---Finance---
A Business 2.0 article explores whether technology stocks
may in fact be the best values on the market.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51652
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Yahoo! Internet Life rates the best sites for all aspects of
home-buying.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51807
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51807
---U.S. Culture---
A Salon article explores the phenomenon of British-sounding
names for new American suburban developments. Brandywine at
Thornbury, anyone?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51304
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51304
Education Week reports on a new teenage craze, "freak
dancing", that has parents and other adults alarmed.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51702
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51702
Business 2.0 reports that more and more U.S. women are
taking up hunting.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51667
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51667
A Sportsjones article tells how the communist newspaper The
Daily Worker campaigned to desegregate Major League
Baseball.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51810
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51810
---U.S. Politics---
A Time article shows how accused spy Robert Hanssen beat the
FBI at its own game, and how he was finally caught.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51542
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51542
A Time opinion piece argues for estate-tax repeal, against
the petitioning of some of the super-rich.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51493
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51493
The Advocate addresses whether gay Republicans' support for
the party will come at the expense of gay rights.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51787
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51787
---International Politics & Culture---
A U.S. News article reports on the growing international
resentment of the U.S.'s self-congratulatory status as the
world's one superpower.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51533
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51533
A Time Europe article discusses the state of gay rights in
Africa, where advocacy groups are slowly making their voices
heard.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51613
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51613
---Drugs---
A Salon article writes that the film "Traffic" has changed
the direction of the political debate over America's war on
drugs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51409
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51409
Conservative New Republic columnist Andrew Sullivan rails
against America's cultural puritanism, as embodied in our
shakily-principled war on drugs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51270
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51270
A Time Asia piece sheds light on Asia's dangerous and
growing methamphetamine culture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51694
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51694
---Cars---
Kiplingers reviews small sedans ideal for city driving: The
Honda Civic, Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla, and Nissan Sentra.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51271
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51271
---Books---
Salon reviews a pair of horror novels: Steven King's
latest, "Dreamcatcher", and the debut "Ordinary Horror" by
David Searcy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51307
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51307
Buy Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher":
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743211383/magportalcom
And David Searcy's "Ordinary Horror":
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670894761/magportalcom
---Computers---
A LinuxWorld column notes that, for the Linux community to
grow, some Linux software companies have to start
succeeding. Thus far, most have not.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51268
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51268
---Education---
Education Week reports that the president of the University
of California system is leading a new charge to eliminate
the SAT as a requirement for college admission.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51683
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51683
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