Web prowl

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars presents a collection of essays on George Bush and East Asia: A First Term Assessement (pdf). The World Bank has created a new Energy and Mining Website for East Asia and Pacific. TIME draws up its list of 50 coolest websites on the web. If you want to feel a little bit lighter and get away from the tediousness of our local politics, check Overheard in New York, a blog for conversation vignettes overheard in New York. And surprise--Karl Marx seems certain to be voted the world's greatest philosopher in a BBC poll that closes two weeks from now.