May 26, 2005
Protecting letter writers from themselves?

Today's question open for discussion: Should a newspaper correct an obvious, yet trivial error in a letter to the editor? Or just let it slide? The La Mesa Police Department should get a decimal meter before we all become hearing impaired! I'll help pay for one. Decimal meter? That's a gadget that shows you where […]

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May 26, 2005
Encrypt more

I first used PGP -- Pretty Good Privacy -- back in the '90s when I was living in Washington State. I was getting a hand with my taxes from Hoystory the Elder (who had worked as a tax preparer in a previous life) and didn't feel at all comfortable e-mailing many of the things that […]

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May 26, 2005
Worth the price of a subscription

Unlike The New York Times' decision to charge $50 a year for access to their editorial page and columnists, The Wall Street Journal's Internet subscription is woth every dime for pieces like this one. Before Sept. 11, 2001, when federal law-enforcement officials asked FedEx Corp. for help, the company had its limits. It wouldn't provide […]

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