Volume One, Number 11 · November 2000

A Modest Proposal
by Bijan Parsia
A simple proposal that would simultaneously increase general citizen participation in and control over government and reduce that of the corps and professional lobbyists.
2 November 2000

Between Theory and Practice: The Surveillance Camera Players
by Kendall Clark
An interview with the Surveillance Camera Players.
2 November 2000

The Husk is Off the Corn
by Niel Bornstein
Evil agro-giant corpo "accidentally" releases unnapproved GM food. Anyone ever see the Alien movies?
3 November 2000

Watch Election Returns with Monkeyfist
by Kendall Clark
Watch the election returns with Monkeyfist.com crew.
7 November 2000

Voting is Hard
by Niel Bornstein
In which our correspondent meets his neighbors at the polls.
7 November 2000

Pretend They Don't
by Kendall Clark
A bit of public space reclamation in Dallas.
7 November 2000

Third Party Spoiler!
by Kendall Clark
A third party spoiler as predicted tip the race to Bush!
8 November 2000

Election 2000 Wrapup
by Niel Bornstein
Our correspondent summarizes the election.
8 November 2000

Blame It on the Butterfly
by Kendall Clark
Massive electoral and political confusion from the pedestrian Florida butterfly ballot.
9 November 2000

Who is the spoiler?
by Bijan Parsia
Predictably, the (possibly) Losing Loyal Liberals want to blame Nader and the Greens for the (possible) Gore defeat. But is it right, correct, or prudent to do so?
9 November 2000

The Case for Concession
by Niel Bornstein
May the better man give up.
10 November 2000

American Standard
by Collin Williams
And the American Standard was attacking the city...
11 November 2000

Thos. Paine, He's Good.
by Niel Bornstein
Wham! Ka-Pow! You go, boy.
16 November 2000

The Folly of Internet Voting, or Democracy and Disenfranchisement
by Kendall Clark
During this rare interregnum of sorts, proponents of Internet voting press their case, while disenfranchisement rages on.
17 November 2000

Technically Writing
by Bijan Parsia
In which our Author, while Technically Writing, avoids his Technical Writing.
19 November 2000

Fuzzy counts: Did Bush invent ballot counting procedures?
by Bijan Parsia
Bush's self-coronation speech tries to build legitimacy out of distortion.
27 November 2000

New Monkeyfist Mailing Lists
by Kendall Clark
We add some new mailing lists for our readers.
1 December 2000