Circular hypocrisy
Maybe I'm just opening myself up for flames, but the whole assault weapon ban debate has me in twisted in knots of pretzel logic. First a couple facts:1) Growing …
Why Programmers Should Have Kids
OK this is a bit of a stretch, but caring for infants is sort of like debugging a program. Until they are about 2 years old they are mostly …
Driving in Boston – What $14.6 Billion Dollars Buys
As a resident of the fast growing suburbs of Northern Virginia there is little in the way of traffic that can shake a jaded occasional commuter like me. I've …
Drug Problem, or Pain Problem?
M. Simon has a provocative read on Winds of Change about whether drug enforcement policy can ever really be effective if what we call addiction is in fact self-treatment …
MSNBC – A shift to the right?
As the war winds down and networks and cable news outlets assess their relative strength, consider the case of perpetual also-ran MSNBC. Clearly the cable news outlet has the …
Sorry About The Mess
As part of my move, I've had to shoehorn a bunch of posts that I wanted to bring along with me from Blogspot into this site. Unfortunately they are …
Kidnapping Lands Egyptian Grandmother In Maryland Prison
This is a story that caught my eye this morning as I scanned the pages of the Washington Post. Buried in the local section was a story about a …
From: NY Daily News – Rush & Molloy
Read The Full StoryThe '70s folkie formerly known as Cat Stevens has become a voice of moderate Islam since the the Sept. 11 attacks. But Israeli officials are charging …
Coming Soon US Version Of UK Hit Coupling
If you are a fan of Friends you owe it to yourself to check out the UK comedy Coupling on BBC America. Do this now before the only reference …
A Modest Proposal
There has been a lot of press recently on the after effects of the decision against the major record labels in their case against Morpheus and Grokster. Much of …