News 9-20-2005

Bipartisan panel recommends U.S. election changes — “Electronic voting machines should have paper trails . . . voters should present photo IDs…” — Montag at Donklephant has a superlative post on this. (Just kidding about the “superlative.”)
The Uses of Disaster — …the relationship between disasters, authority, and our understanding of human nature…
Before the oil runs out: How will this era end? — One of three. —