14 Nov 2000

Internet Voting - Good For What Ails Us?

By Robert Jackson Jr.
While we're waiting for the votes to be tabulated in Florida, maybe we can cast ballots on this: Is Internet voting the panacea for what ails us? Ever since interactive Web sites became a reality, Internet voting has been like the early days of the laser beam - a solution looking for a problem.
14 Nov 2000

Divided They Fall?

By Jeff Ignatius
Even with the ultimate result still unclear, last week's election showed some contradictory things about the state of progressive politics in the United States: They still matter, and there's a lot of work to do if the movement is going to overcome its fragmentation.
14 Nov 2000

Voter Turnout Still Leaves Control to the Minority

By Joe Collins
Nearly two-thirds of Scott County voters decided the fate and direction their country, state, and county will take in the future. Of 112,075 registered voters in Scott County, 63 percent cast ballots. A mere 56 percent of voters (24,530 out of 13,729) in Bettendorf and a disheartening 49 percent (32,588 out of 66,685) in Davenport could be bothered to vote.
07 Nov 2000

Rubber Stamped Chief

By Jeff Ignatius
Mike Bladel's short, strange trip from Scott County sheriff (and unopposed candidate for re-election) to Davenport police chief ended November 1 with a unanimous stamp of approval from the city council. But the ease of confirmation didn't wipe away lingering questions about the failure of a nationwide search, the actions of the city administrator, and the motivation for Bladel's move east down Fourth Street.
31 Oct 2000

Local Election 2000

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Madden: Eliminate any spending, programs, and agencies not authorized by the Constitution.
17 Oct 2000

Cities Unveil New Web Pages

By Joe Collins
The City of Davenport, with a great deal of fanfare, showed off its new Web page. It took 10 months at a cost of $30,000 and has 1,200 pages of information on everything you ever wanted to know about Davenport, including schedules, events, government, news, contacts, and much more.
17 Oct 2000

Minor Violations

By Robert Jackson Jr.
The most explosive issue surrounding cyberporn is still access to adult material by minors. If you've ever visited an adult Web site, you know that gaining entry to the most explicit, graphic material is as difficult as accessing a public water fountain.
10 Oct 2000

Dirty Business

By Robert Jackson Jr.
Looking for the one ingredient that'll make your Web site "sticky" - that elusive amalgam of graphics, text, and audio that keeps online visitors from leaving? The answer lies in online content, and of all the Internet truisms, the truest is the Content Is King.
10 Oct 2000

Putnam Nabs Bix Grant

By Joe Collins
The National Endowment for the Humanities has recently given a $9,300 grant to the Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science to continue work on the Bix Beiderbecke Exhibition. Money from the grant will be used to assemble a group of humanities scholars and programming specialists to assist in developing the exhibition.
10 Oct 2000

Out of Thin Air

By Jeff Ignatius
I ask Carter Brown where he wants to take his Lazer Vaudeville troupe. "Australia," he says. I clarify the question: artistically. He thinks for a moment and says that he and his two collaborators have been working on a piece that is as much about percussion as it is juggling, "actually creating music" with the objects being juggled and a sound processor.

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