It is often a sad fact of life that people who shine with brilliant insight at one moment remain imprisoned by their dark prejudices throughout their lives. Such is the fate of Dr. James Watson. In 1962 Dr. Watson won the Nobel Prize for his work on the discovery of the DNA [...]
Congratulations to President Mr. Gore on being the recipient of this years Nobel Peace Prize. Though snarkly derided by the right wing pundits, the award of this prize to Mr. Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change demonstrates that there is a different heralded path for our world. One which is not based [...]
I have been slammed at work all week, so I haven’t had any time to devote to things unrelated to the broken Internet. Therefore I have a lot of catching up to do this weekend. But I have been deeply struck by the horrific and slightly hopeful bits of information coming out of Burma this [...]
The Fed today decided to drop the target rate for Federal funds by 50 base points, to 4.75 percent. The board felt as though this was necessary to help stabilize investments in the mortgage and stock markets after the recent unpleasantness related to default rates and MSO devaluations. Of course, this sent the stock [...]
I have been fighting a nasty cold for the past few days, so I have been a bit out of it. Anyway, while working today I made the mistake of listening to Gen. Petraeus’ testimony before the House. I was struck by the blatant duplicity and obfuscation of the report he offered. His, and his [...]
I don’t usually write about the situation in Iraq primarily because I feel that there are so many others who express my own feelings more eloquently then I seem capable of. Also, my views on the situation are a bit more pessimistic than those of most activists and pundits, and I have been told that [...]
It has become the worn cliché of our times to express one’s disbelief in the ineptitude and corruption of our government or its officials. The very idea that the government should aid its neediest citizens has become a nostalgic dream — a tail handed down from past generations. Two years ago this week, hurricane [...]
