11.29.2004

Science Geek Gifts for All

Wired News

Kellogg CEO chosen for Commerce post

I do not want to hear that anyone does not have an opportunity to better themselves in America. This guy's family fled Cuba & he began with Kellog as a delivery driver - USATODAY.com.

11.25.2004

Taking separation of church & state a little too far

The Declaration of Independence was banned at San Francisco Bay-area school because it mentions god.

11.18.2004

FCC Crackdown Could Spread

This is why grandstanding conservatives drive me crazy. Fortunately we live by the rule of law & the Supreme Court has routinely ruled in favor of freedom of speech. Wired News.

"Guard, beat the source."

Michael Koubi worked for Shin Bet, Israel's security service, for 21 years and was its chief interrogator from 1987 to 1993.

11.16.2004

Anda's game

Cory Doctorow in Salon

How 'Dungeons' changed the world

"I didn't play Dungeons & Dragons all those years without learning a little something about courage. D&D article

11.09.2004

My favorite agnostic & former leftist rips the liberals yeat again

Bush's Secularist Triumph The left apologizes for religious fanatics. The president fights them. By Christopher Hitchens

The Myth of the Working Poor

City Journal Autumn 2004

11.08.2004

A US Soldier on FoxNews

"They have been hitting at us and hitting at us for a year. They don't know what's coming...Hell's coming." Not a good time to an islamo-fascist terrorist in Fallujah if you ask me.

11.07.2004

Why Bush Won.

As fine an explanation as I have read - A Coalition of Conviction by Kate O'Beirne at washingtonpost.com

The Incredibles: Another Pixar Winner

In Wired News

From the Flying Cars Department

BBC NEWS: Flying taxi vision for commuters.

Ivory Coast

France doesn't think that a country should occupy a nation that produces a rare commodity, even when it is violation of UN decisions - Unless it is a cocoa-producing, former French Colony - the Ivory Coast.

11.04.2004

Sci-fi fans called into an alternate reality | CNET News.com

CNET News.com

USATODAY.com

Really love the county map of the Presidential election - a lot of those blue states are actually quite red - USATODAY.com.

Michael Barone

usnews.com: Columnists: Michael Barone: 2004 archive