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...dirty secret of a show like "Titus" (Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. ET) is that discord is hilarious. You laugh because - well, what's the alternative? "People want something that reflects their lives," says creator-star Christopher Titus, who based the series on his autobiographical one-man stage show "Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding." "Sixty-three percent of American families are now considered dysfunctional," he boasts in the pilot. "That means we're the majority. We're normal." Without victim-speak, "Titus" looks at how Titus has become his screwed- up self in reaction to, and emulation of, his womanizing, boorish...
...Army might consider giving "regular" troops their own special mark of honor (a la secret decoder rings) rather than stealing one from other divisions. That might provide an incentive for dedication without undermining the traditional excellence and prestige of our elite special forces...
Such problems might be mere annoyances if schoolteachers and librarians exercised actual control over what would be blocked. However, the only trade secret of a filter company is its list of banned sites; if that were public, any competitor could introduce an equally good product. As a result, the lists are fiercely guarded, meaning that there is no simple way for the purchasers of filter software to verify a manufacturer's claims--or for those whose sites are wrongly labeled as pornography or hate speech to find out and complain. Even if the programs offer some nominal degree of choice...
...well known, Al Gore didn't invent the Internet. But he's assiduously courting the geek vote. There's a secret message on Gore's campaign Web page that can be viewed only by those who know how, and care enough, to check out the site's HTML, top, the programming language that determines how a site looks and runs. George W.'s page, bottom, has less behind the curtain...
...Number of school killings last year, according to a Secret Service review released last week...