Sunday, January 19, 2003

NY Times: Court Rules Against Network Associates' Software Review Policy. A New York court has ruled that Network Associates, a maker of popular antivirus and computer security software, may not require people who buy the software to get permission from the company before publishing reviews of its products. [Tomalak's Realm] 9:47:21 AM    comment []

Peruse the list -- what have they in common? Which of these is not like the others? Lisa Murkowski (the daughter of Frank Murkowski) Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Secretary of State Colin Powell's son Vice President Dick Cheney's son-in-law Chief Justice William Rehnquist's daughter, Janet Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's son Eugene Elaine Chao, the wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R- Ky.) Sen. Jim Bunning's son David Strom Thurmond, Jr. The father of Rep. Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R-Miss.) Sheryl Ramstad Hvass (sister of Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad of Minnesota) Incitatus, favorite horse of the Emperor Caligula For the answers to these pressing questions, see Public Payroll: a Family Affair: Nepotism in Washington poses a threat to institutional integrity. Commentary in the L.A. Times by Jonathan Turley (GWU Law). (What's that? The title gave it away?) 4:45:34 AM    comment []