A Choice of Views
It is so interesting reading the news. Here are two totally different views of a single high profile case being tried in the press. While it is not possible to say what the truth is, I do wonder why...
View ArticleWed, 23 Apr 2003 14:27:58 GMT
“Hollywood revives McCarthyist climate “ [Daypop Top 40] The article is, of course, correct. Hollywood is made up of millions of people and it is ludicrous to act like it speaks with one voice. Only...
View ArticleWed, 23 Apr 2003 14:42:45 GMT
Job-Creation Arithmetic. Paul Krugman writes, The average American worker earns only about $40,000 per year; why does the administration, even on its… [EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty]...
View ArticleA Day At EtCon (Etech)
Okay, an attempt at live blogging. I’m sure others will do a better job but here goes. But these will serve as personal notes for me even if noone else ever reads this Howard Rheingold starts. Assuming...
View ArticleWed, 30 Apr 2003 14:38:18 GMT
InfoSpace’s ousted CEO contests company’s `non-compete’ clause. BELLEVUE — If InfoSpace’s former chief executive officer is right, the non-compete agreements that many high-tech workers sign may be...
View ArticleTue, 20 May 2003 05:25:39 GMT
Is WiFi The Next Dot Com Bubble?. Here’s some more WiFi backlash, as some are saying that WiFi is just another dot com bubble, with plenty of people pouring money into projects with little or no...
View ArticleThu, 22 May 2003 14:16:49 GMT
The I-Word Revisited. The I-Word Revisited – Oh Imperialism! Are you the right word or not? Consider this passage from the NYT story… [Unqualified Offerings] I find it ironic that Iraq will have to...
View ArticleFri, 23 May 2003 05:46:46 GMT
Foam Seen As Key in Shuttle Disaster [AP Science] Some people at NASA thought there was a problem. Some people at NASA ignored them. Why does this continue to happen? The shuttle is the most complex,...
View ArticleMon, 26 May 2003 05:14:32 GMT
Richest Could Soon Pay Little or No Taxes. Wall Street Journal: Some Investors Could Trim Their Tax Bills to Near Zero. After Congress gets through with President Bush’s… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] Check...
View ArticleThu, 12 Jun 2003 15:59:41 GMT
Looters riddle ancient Iraqi sites with holes [New Scientist] Wasn’t there a very nice movie about this just recently, called Holes? Art imitating life?
View ArticleThu, 12 Jun 2003 16:44:15 GMT
Fight, Martha, Fight. William Safire provides an insightful explanation in today’s New York Times why Martha should fight the charges against her. I… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] Sometimes Safire...
View ArticleMon, 17 Nov 2003 02:57:40 GMT
The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. It is no secret that the Democratic Pary has been… [Daily Kos] Nader was wrong when he said that there was no difference between the Democrats and...
View ArticleA nice heartwarming video for Christmas – getting a flasher arrested
Viral NYC subway flasher caught – Dickflash.com mourns? [Via Boing Boing] Jezebel follows up with the story of the awesome take-no-prisoners attitude of the woman in the video above, who, after being...
View ArticleFrom the philospher Josey Wales, as interpreted by Clint Eastwood
“Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live...
View ArticleWith tears in my eyes, all I can think is “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
No other words adequately describe my feelings.
View ArticleA nice heartwarming video for Christmas – getting a flasher arrested
Viral NYC subway flasher caught – Dickflash.com mourns? [Via Boing Boing] Jezebel follows up with the story of the awesome take-no-prisoners attitude of the woman in the video above, who, after being...
View ArticleFrom the philospher Josey Wales, as interpreted by Clint Eastwood
“Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live...
View ArticleWith tears in my eyes, all I can think is “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
No other words adequately describe my feelings.
View Article