LINKS

Anarchist and Capitalist-Libertarian Political Thought and Argument

Anarchist Theory FAQ is an archive of frequently asked questions about the theory and varieties of anarchism. However, the (nameless?) authors believe that only Euro-style socialist anarchism is properly anarchism; they attempt to exclude anarcho-capitalism as illegitimate.

Fraser Institute is a Canadian libertarian-oriented foundation located in British Columbia. It conducts studies, and gives economic advice on public policy. For instance, in August 2002 it released a study attacking Canada's health-care system.

Wendy McElroy is a poet, journalist, scholar, laissez-faire anarchist, and individualist feminist. (Search on her site for links to her writings.) Also try her individualist-feminist site ifeminist.com.

Reason is a small-circulation important capitalist-libertarian magazine.

Karen Selick is a Canadian lawyer. She writes skillfully on legal issues of public policy. This site archives her opinion pieces.

The Voluntaryist is an anarcho-libertarian magazine.

Capitalist-Libertarian Organizations

EPIC tries to protect freedom of expression on the Internet.

The U.S. Libertarian Party tries to bring about a (capitalist) libertarian world.

Comic Books

DC Comics, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, publishes Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Vertigo line of adult comics.

Computing Sites

Bill Gates's Microsoft is not only the Standard Oil of our period and the Tyrannosaurus Rex of companies but also a good place to get lots of stuff free.

The Computer Mechanics are two Oshawa, Ontario, computer repairmen who host a local TV show on Rogers cable. The site gives lots of good technical advice on software and hardware, and links you to a help board.

Dictionaries

Computing Dictionary | Glossary of Poetic Terms | OneLook Dictionary | TechEncyclopedia

Merriam-Webster Dictionary is perhaps the largest standard American dictionary online.

Economics

Paul Krugman is an economist and author. He has written several interesting books, and columns for Fortune and The New York Times.

Encyclopedias

Microsoft's Encarta, based on the Funk and Wagnalls Encylopedia, is outstanding. Its readability, good judgement, and graphics are state-of-the-art. However, only snippets are available for free online.

Encyclopedia Britannica is distinguished but stuffy; parts date back to the 70s, and are very difficult. For a while in 2000 it was free online (with banner ads). Now you have to pay. Check it out.

News and Commentary

msnbc.com gathers American, international, business, scientific, and technological news. Chris Byron's business analysis is superb. The science pages are close to superb. One of the best general news sites on the Internet.

ABC NEWS is a sometimes-interesting general news competitor. The Answer Geek in the Sci-Tech section (you have to search for him) explains science and technology.

CNET has computer news, downloads, and instruction.

The Harrow Report is an occasional online newsletter. It deals with imminent exciting developments in computing and communications technology -- and their implications. (Formerly, Harrow edited the similar Compaq online newsletter called The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing.)

Salon and Slate are two American-based online magazines that provide commentary on American and international matters. (Slate has some connection with Microsoft Corporation.)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, is a Canadian government-owned radio and TV network that cherishes Canadian culture and delivers a Canadian perspective on the news. (Its conservative critics find it squishy-soft liberal and Politically Correct.) Despite its ownership, it is fairly independent. Aussi en français.

Larry Zolf is CBC's humourous, incisive commentator on Canadian politics; he knows or has met everyone. He may know more about Canadian history than Ramsay Cook. Sometimes a bit repetitious.

wired.com began as the online presence of Wired magazine, Barney di Rossetto's formerly fascinating but over-the-top herald of the Internet future paradise. You can still find the magazine's contents here. More importantly, the site gathers American and international scientific and technological news. Sometimes excellent.

Philosophy

The Ayn Rand Institute, shepherded by the faithful, guards the true thought of the late Objectivist philosopher.

Jean Baudrillard is a site that guides one to the thought of the French intellectual.

Poetry

David Clink is a guide to poetic resources on the Web, including his own poetry.

Science Fiction and Fandom

Ray Bradbury, one of the most poetic of science fiction authors, is the distinguished author of many books, including The October Country and The Martian Chronicles.

Terence M. Green is the distinguished Canadian author of the fantasy novels Shadow of Ashland and St. Patrick's Bed, and the story collection The Woman Who Was the Midnight Wind. He writes sensitive, thoughtful stories about the human condition.

Robert J. Sawyer, the author of 10 or so science fiction novels including Frameshift, Calculating God and Hominids, is a Canadian Nebula winner and five-time Hugo nominee. Huge site. Stories and excerpts from novels. Tips on writing SF.

Robert Silverberg is a multiple Nebula and Hugo award winner, the prolific author of: his excellent middle-period novel Dying Inside; his collection Born With The Dead, featuring the novella of the same title; the story collection The Feast of St. Dionysius; and the very absorbing novels Thorns, Up the Line, and The Book of Skulls. His books in the 1950s are junk. His books from the 1960s to his 1974 "retirement" are of high quality. His Majipoor works seem to me so-so, and he has written so much since 1980 that I haven't been able to keep up with it.

Gene Wolfe, author of Shadow of the Torturer, is one of science fiction's most literary and graceful writers.

Search Engines

I recommend Google.com above all other search engines. Gargantuan, encylopaedic, hyperswift. It doesn't get better than this.

Television

More than the official Star Trek sequel series, Babylon 5 built on Gene Roddenberry's legacy. It was an SF TV series my girlfriend Bee and I watched with interest for five years. It had an intriguing situation, absorbing characters, and intermittently klunky writing. It always threatened to be excellent. Harlan Ellison was an official adviser. Neil Gaiman wrote a fine episode. The episode where David Warner is a monk pursuing the Holy Grail across the cosmos illuminated the essence and power of religion; it was very moving.
This is the official website. For a better one, see the next entry.

The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 is a much more informative, useful, and fannish site than the preceding.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a comitragic fantasy adventure series spun off from the comic movie of the same name. It is produced by Joss Whedon, the screenwriter of the SF film Alien: Resurrection. Buffy is about a group of intelligent high-school friends struggling to save the world from supernatural evil while maturing into university, adult romance and responsible life. Like the original Star Trek, the interest is really in the relationships. One of the cleverest, best written continuing series on television. Intelligent, astonishing, involving, exciting, poignant. Not to be missed.

Angel is a spinoff from Buffy. It concerns the adventures of a handsome 200-years-young vampire detective and his friends as they save the world from various mean supernatural baddies. Almost as interesting as Buffy.

Web Design

useit.com is the Web site of Jakob Nielsen, a usability expert and prominent advocate of web page standardization, simplicity, and functionality. See especially his Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design.

Webmonkey offers a great deal of help to beginners and more advanced Web designers to create and implement Web sites.

Joe Burns at htmlgoodies.com offers tutorials and advice to both beginners and intermediate Web designers. Somewhat folksy.

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