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What would a birthday be without some commemoration? Noman Says is one year old today. It occurred to me just yesterday that somebody out there might be invoking me as an authority in an argument, or mentioning me in a conversation: "Noman says..." That's my hope, especially for readers overseas. It's been a good year, though I'm amazed I stayed with it. If the President had been less forceful shoving his defective ideas about state power down the country's throat, I might not have. Then, there was the economy--always a lively topic. May it once again become safe in America...

Additional Titles CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT TO CONTROL HUMANITY Erica CarleJanuary 12, 2002NewsWithViews.comThere is nothing new about the idea of controlling the environment to control behavior. Pavlov used it on dogs. B. F. Skinner used it on birds. We use it on pets. Parents use it on children. Law enforcers use it on criminals. And we all establish suitable environments to fit the needs of our various activities. But one of the most chilling uses of environmental control is its use by dictators to keep their subjects in line, and in recent years by world shapers and managers to force...

September 11th changed the world. But not enough IT IS a terrible memory. A memory of four plane-loads of people, setting off on a beautiful morning but then hijacked to their deaths. A memory of thousands of innocent, unsuspecting civilians, of many nationalities, slaughtered when three planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Centre and one side of the Pentagon; and of many more, lucky to survive but living ever since with the nightmare of that day, one year ago. It is a memory, also, of how the world looked a moment before 8.48am on September 11th...