ARTICLES TO SPARK DISCUSSION (and essay topics)
Ruth Rosen: American Beauties - We fall short all too often, but at least our Declaration of Independence and Constitution give us standards to strive for (July 2, 2000)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/02/SC59SUN.DTL
Robert Jensen: “On Independence Day, Hold the Self-Congratulations (July 2, 2000)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/02/SC40851.DTL
Charles J. Sykes: Invasion of the Privacy Snatchers (April 30, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/30/SC11765.DTL
William D. Chalmers: There’s No Business Like Your Business (April 30, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/30/SC10SUN.DTL
Beth Givens & Tena Friery: Opt-In to Financial Privacy (May 1, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/01/ED12491.DTL
Dorothy Ehrlich: Big Brother Is Watching – On Trains, Streets, in Schools (May 2, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/02/ED76028.DTL
Jamie Court, Human Vs. Corporate Rights To Genetic Information (May 3, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/03/ED63690.DTL
Jason Catlett: Is It Online Buying Or Spying (May 4, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/04/ED85035.DTL
Robert Ellis Smith: No Laws Protect Medical Confidentiality (May 5, 2000)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/05/ED95556.DTL
Bill Joy: Why the future doesn't need us: Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species. Wired (April 2000).
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html#1
A provocative article by the “chief scientist” at Sun Microsystems might make for some good discussions and topics . A search for “Bill Joy” on the Wired home page turns up plenty of responses.
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