Viral profit engines

Is the greed of companies that make anti-virus software the real reason why we're plagued by a never-ending onslaught of viruses and worms? That's the jumping-off point for a Wired News story that considers alternative approaches to the standard anti-virus approach.

Happy at work?

Should you expect happiness at work? Wall Street Journal columnist Barbara Moses explores that deceptively simple question, looking at the myriad reasons why so many people would answer "no," and suggesting strategies to make things better.

Looking to history

In an interesting news analysis, the New York Times considers whether the history of laws banning interracial marriage in this country might shed some light on how the courts and states will deal with the issue of same-sex marriages:

Indeed, in the context of interracial marriages, courts in states that banned such unions routinely declined to recognize those performed in states where they were legal.

But the decisions were not uniform. Indeed, the way courts treated interracial marriages illuminates how gay marriages are likely to be treated.

The decisions fall into broad categories, generally turning on whether the couple in question intended to evade their home state's laws. That principle, legal experts say, is likely to govern many disputes about gay marriages performed in Massachusetts.