M a r k D i l l e y

Lately, two articles have become linked in my head: one, the recent LA Times Magazine article about the sleazy Girls Gone Wild mogul, Joe Francis, who has issues with coercing/forcing young women into sex and exhibitionism and two, the continuing narrative about the American soldiers who gang raped a girl, killed her, set her body on fire and killed three other members of her family to cover their rape/murder (which I describe in stark terms because they are stark actions. Let’s not be squeamish when we’re talking about these things.)

Who’s who?

9. John Green.

10. James B. Comey.

11. James E. Hansen.

12. Harry Taylor.



(a) The “Good Morning America” producer who was suspended after e-mails he sent, including one in which he wrote, “Bush makes me sick,” were leaked.

(b) The NASA official who said, “It seems more like Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union than the United States,” after the Administration began censoring climate scientists who tried to speak about global warming.

(c) The Justice Department official who refused to authorize the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program.

(d) The questioner at a Charlotte event who told George W. Bush, “I would hope, from time to time, that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself.”

Discussing Wikimania? with CharlesGentry? and he is giving me great insight on an the NPOV? issue.

The tag for disagreement is good because it flags the information for the reader to pay extra special attention and to think about what they are reading more carefully. Futher more he thinks that it could encourage people to contribute to the issue by editing content (or placement of content.) The potential is to be an active reader rather than passive on and spur on interactivity.

I also like the opposite idea, that it is a good thing that some pages don’t have the banner, because that shows agreed upon information or no known disagreements.

Can you imagine these examples:

* The Encyclopedia Britanica:
o Some people dispute the facts of this entry.
* The New York Times:
o Some people dispute the facts of this news story.
* Fox News
o Some people dispute the facts of this next segment.
* Wikipedia lives this:
o The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. or This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the talk page for details.

A prison artist in California who uses the dye from M&M’s for paint has been disciplined for what a prison official yesterday called “unauthorized business dealings” in the sale of his paintings. The prison has also barred the prisoner, Donny Johnson, from sending his paintings through the mail.

In honor of Hiroshima Day, we'd like to take a minute to reflect on just how absurd it is for America to maintain 10,000 nuclear bombs. Defense experts say that many simply aren't needed, and by reducing the nuclear arsenal our country could save $14 billion dollars -- more than enough to save the lives of six million kids who die of starvation in impoverished nations each year.

"The union's fight is to construct a world in which we want to live," Glover said at a news conference Sunday at the Condado Plaza Hotel & Casino in the capital of San Juan.