Sunday, September 30, 2007

I Still Have Checks, I Can't Be Overdrawn . . .

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Bush announced that Social Security is facing a $13.6 trillion shortfall and that delaying reforms is not fair to younger workers. Meanwhile...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Iran Does Not Like the U.S.

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Should Americans really be upset now that the Iranian Parliament declared the U.S. Army and the CIA as terrorist organizations? Hardly, the ...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Lights Go Out

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A disturbing story ran on CNN this week. A simulated attack points to just how vulnerable the U.S. power infrastructure really is. Only a so...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Fortune Cookies, Again?

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China does not seem capable of keeping their hands out of the cookie jar as reports indicate that two who were charged with espionage sought...

Talk Back

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I attended a conference of educators and you really have to consider how slow education changes in comparison with other fields. The media f...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Al-Maliki on Iraq at the U.N.

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Al-Maliki is asking that the flow of arms must stop pouring into Iraq and he is correct on this point. Regions such as Anbar province are qu...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

The Text of Comments by Columbia President Lee Bollinger

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Graphic source: Getty Image File I thought it proper, in order to fully understand the discussion, to provide the full text--according to C...
Monday, September 24, 2007

FBI Questions Unisys After Chinese Hack

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IT systems integrator Unisys Corp. failed to detect the hacking of U.S. Department of Homeland Security computers; thereafter, data was sent...

Columbia's President Challenges Meglomaniac

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Of course we want an ingrate such as Ahmadinejad to question 9/11 and the Holocaust so that the reams of academics who enjoy free inquiry i...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Bush Leading Towards a Renewal of the Middle East Peace Process

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The U.S., EU, Russia, and the U.N. are detailing a series of key talks to re-vitalize the Middle East peace process for a peace conference i...

Ian Hunter, "When The World Was Round," Animated Video Release

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Jerkin' Crocus in the UK will release the first single from Ian Hunter's critically acclaimed album Shrunken Heads on 29 Oct 2007. ...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

U.N. Not to Abandon Iraq Again?

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The U.N. may be ready to get its hands dirty again after abandoning the Iraqis after a 2003 bombing. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged t...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Firefox, Not Only Just a Long Time to Download

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The new Firefox 3.0 alpha blocks malware, takes a long time to tie up your computer while downloading as I realize from first-hand experienc...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Microsoft Reveals U.S. Navy Secrets

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Microsoft is revealing U.S. submarine secrets through its Virtual Earth tool. The image clearly shows the propeller on an Ohio class submari...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Obvious: Cell Phone Usage Causes Brain Damage

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Perhaps my headline is overstating the case but we all know frequent cell phone use may slow brain function which has been studied by resear...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Stanford Saves Face (book)

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Stanford will host a course on designing applications in Facebook. The focus is designed to teach a broad range of students how to build ...

7 Begin Trial in Miami

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Graphic source: Department of Justice photo of Narseal Batiste. The jury selection began in Miami for the seven men accused of plotting to ...

Sim City Iraq

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Iraq re-enactments are using 3-D imaging and innovative computer animation to show nascent commanders how the battles are shaping up. The ...
Monday, September 17, 2007

France Prepared for Nuclear War With Iran

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UPI ran a story quoting France's foreign minister as warning that the world should prepare for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons. Bern...

Hackers Aim at Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 is barely out of the bag but hackers have already loosed a torrent of malicious code threats aimed at vulnerabilities, Symantec Corp...