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Another Dark Side of the Internet
When it comes to using the Internet as an enabler through which resources can be managed remotely, I have to confess that I was directly involved with one of those “bleeding edge” research projects behind such thinking. It certainly seemed...
‘Go Forth And Blog’
Apparently the Pope has decided that it is time for the Holy See to venture into cyberspace. Here is how Associated Press Writer Ariel David reported the decision this morning: Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get ...
Divided We Fall
It is hard to imagine there being much joy in the White House this morning. The Associated Press headline writer applied the adjective “epic” to the Democratic defeat in the Massachusetts Senate election. The lead paragraphs, in the ...
‘Where’s the Reform?’
Where is Clara Peller now that we need her? For those who do not remember this icon of political history, Clara was the actress who played the little old lady in a Wendy’s commercial that looked an oversized hamburger bun and snapped back, “Where’s...
Berkeley-Style Chutzpah
The first time I presented a Chutzpah of the Week award to the Berkeley City Council (for their rather innovative effort to bring to account John Yoo’s role in Bush Administration atrocities invoked in the name of its “Global War on Terror“),...
Getting Out of the Hole, Or Digging It Deeper?
Yesterday I focused on the proposition that “irrationality knows no bounds.” Today’s news brings evidence that the same can be said about greed. (Resolving the question of whether or not greed is irrational is left as an exercise...
Deception By Connotation
William Shakespeare may have known how to capture the romantic moment, but he did not always get it right: What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; This may be true in a world of denotations; but Juliet...
Demagoguery on the Rise (again)
Apparently, my “dynamic duo of demagoguery,” Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, will have to make room for a third party, sacrificing their alliteration and becoming an “unholy trinity.” According to a report last night from Associated...
