The Republican national convention will begin next week, and will attempt to portray the Bush regime as a great success. However, the protests in New York city have already begun. There has been enormous planning for over a year, and many groups will converge to denounce the Iraq war and the Patriot Act.

 
Here is an interesting mathematical paradox that has appeared on the Internet recently. It graphically shows how the paradox works, but does not reveal any possible solution.

 
The growing crisis in the Sudan continues to escalate with little attention paid by the Bush administration. Possibly because of a lack of oil interest such as in Iraq and Venezuela. The various blogs, however, have been documenting the situation. This is a perfect example of the blog arena being at the forefront of world events and the general dialogue of what has just occurred.

 
The structure of the Internet allows for comparisons to other systems to understand it. These would include the model of the rhizome and the models put forth by cybernetics. This article demonstrates these analogies and how they correspond to the network that is the Internet.

 
The application of complex dynamics toward history creates a new perspective on world events. The book A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History encompasses this new framework in a very compelling way. It is a new and refreshing type of historical analysis.

 
The Democratic national convention is over, with some successes and some lukewarm results. The Republican convention is coming up and may include the factor of the largest protest mobilization since Chicago in 1968. There will definitely be vast blog coverage in the coming weeks.