Binary Oasis

Ever since I heard the complete oral arguments before the US Supreme Court in a case on partial birth abortion (see here, and scroll to November 8, 2006), I’ve thought that it would be very instructive and helpful if the general public could be given easy access to the arguments made before the US Supreme Court.  In my case, I wondered why audio recordings weren’t generally available.  It looks like www.oyez.org/about gives a good summary of the history and perhaps just a taste of the reasoning behind limiting the access.

When Bill Gates talks, people listen.  Not everyone will agree with him, but his ideas on improving American education and competitiveness are good food for thought.