Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

al-Qaeda Slithers to Algeria

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Police officers inspect the government palace in Algiers, Algeria, following a car bomb attack on April 11. Mohamed Messara/EPA FILE The rec...

Who is prepared?

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A recent IT study by AT&T ranked U.S. cities for disaster preparedness. In this survey New York and Houston received high marks while th...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

China Virus First Strike in Cyberwar

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No, this is not today's headline, but, it could be. China's military is investigating their information warfare capabilities. The De...

MRAP to the rescue?

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Like many Americans dismayed with the apparent lack of results in Iraq and the deaths of many fine young people, I've wondered if there ...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Check in October 2007 for a review: Ringwald, A Day Apart

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Friday, May 18, 2007

Review: The Tertullian Project, by Roger Pearse

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Revno: 000000547224 The Tertullian Project, by Roger Pearse, http://www.tertullian.org/ Date: Sun 29-05-2005 02:46 PM The Tertullian Proje...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

While we slept . . .

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One of the most frustrating aspects of understanding our tepid response to Islamism is how America was so slow to react. The distrust betwee...
Monday, May 14, 2007

The Caliphate

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The Times of London notes the increasing importance the al Qaeda-affiliated groups on Iraq are placing on establishing a militant Islamist s...

DHS and Privacy vs. Real ID

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I have to agree with a privacy committee of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) assessment: oppose the Real ID bill, which proposes to...
Sunday, May 13, 2007

On 11 May 2007 a Guilty Verdict was handed down in a U.S. - China Spy Case

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This is a troublesome case in that it may be indicative of how difficult it may be to nab spies. After a six-week trial a federal jury convi...

The U.N. next door

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America is filled with communities where it appears as though the U.N. lives next door. However, in the case of the recently charged six ter...
Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Is this war?

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Six men arrested as two attempted to buy guns Monday; and, I might add, this is close to home. Apparently, the men laughed as they watched v...
Saturday, May 5, 2007

How Jews, Christians, and Muslims celebrate the Sabbath

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The idea to survey this topic came about in preparing a review of: Ringwald, Christopher D. A day apart: how Jews, Christians, and Muslims ...

G. Mick Smith, review of Armstrong, Karen, The Great Transformation, Choice, February 2007.

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G. Mick Smith, review of Armstrong, Karen, The Great Transformation, Choice, February 2007. The following review appeared in the February 20...

Review: The Forgotten Revolution, Lucio Russo

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25 Jan 2006 Computing Reviews The Forgotten Revolution describes the explosion of science in the third and second centuries BCE. In the age ...

Review: Dis/integrating animals, Warkentin

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Date: Mon 26-06-2006 11:14 AM Computing Reviews: "Dis/integrating animals: ethical dimensions of the genetic engineering of animals f...

No response from democracynow.org

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Date: Tue 11-07-2006 04:16 PM I object to McCarthyism I happened to view your broadcasting today (democracynow.org) for the first time and I...

Review: A Companion to Nietzsche, ed. Keith Ansell Pearson

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The following review appeared in the July 2006 issue of CHOICE. A Companion to Nietzsche, ed. by Keith Ansell Pearson. Blackwell Publishin...

Review: Evolutionary Scheduling

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"Evolutionary Scheduling: A Review," Hart, E., Ross P., Corne D. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines 6(2): 191-220. Date: ...

Review: Hempel, Sandra, The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump

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The following review appeared in the July 2007 issue of CHOICE. CHOICE: 000000561309 ...
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