Intellectual Property Decision
Call me crazy, but intellectual property issues have become one of the most fascinating issues to me. Therefore, I am linking to this article from Salon on the possible implications of the Supreme Court ruling yesterday that peer-to-peer file sharing sites can be held liable for encouraging file sharing. While this discusses some negative consequences of IP, German Chancellor Schroeder yesterday told the US Chamber of Commerce that IPR are one of the things he considers most important to global commerce. So maybe I'm not so crazy afterall!

Speaking of open access things, one of my friends just informed me that CRS reports are now available to the public online! (The WP has a story on it.) How did people do any research before the internet???