Tuesday I posted some links to the Ed Snowden/NSA leak case: Ted talk videos by Snowden and an NSA representative. Wednesday I spent every free moment writing a paper about the case from the perspective of the Washington Post and whether it did the right thing in printing the materials. I got it turned in … Continue reading Did the NSA really want Snowden to stay in Russia and not return to the U.S.A?
Category: Politics
The big blog void
Of all the topics I blog about, there is one I consistently do not blog about -- work. In one sense this seems peculiar. The amount of my life, especially my waking life, that is involved with work is significant. Yet I will not refer nor comment on it on the blog. That is nothing … Continue reading The big blog void
Gas Dropped
I've been watching prices slowly fall on gas at the local gas stations, and was thinking, "we'll never see it go below two dollars." Well, yesterday it was $1.99. I need to think things like that more often, I guess. The boy was reading something about fast food yesterday, and future inflation, a burger costing … Continue reading Gas Dropped
Doing the math …
When you talk about math, most people think of arithmetic. But most math today isn't arithmetic. Not that it is always highly complex, but the real math, whether in science or economics, always has an extra twist, an extra layer, that you don't expect from arithmetic. I took a vacation day Monday. Betsy also ended … Continue reading Doing the math …
Re writing (wrestling) history
The purveyors of a sanitized past, in their attempt to ensure the entire past be seen only through the lens of the current age's political correctness, have decreed that anyone who oversteps the bounds of their correctness be erased from history. Such it seems is the reaction of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) in the … Continue reading Re writing (wrestling) history
Case Closed (practically — the technical term is “suspended”)
Just under a month ago I wrote a post about my experience in being run off the road while riding my bicycle. In that time I have heard nothing about what the police have done to investigate, and whether or not they located the perpetrators, or simply closed the case. The officer who took my … Continue reading Case Closed (practically — the technical term is “suspended”)
The Wisdom of the Ages
C.S. Lewis is where I first ran into the idea of Chronological Snobbery. The idea that we of the current age are smarter than all who went before us and can look down our noses at the past. Lewis reminded me/us that each age has its blind points, places where it makes mistakes. Reading books … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Ages
TED Ideas Worth Spreading*
What is the saying? -- The best thing since sliced bread? It could be the skeptic in me, but anytime I hear people talking about something and how great it is, and it seems to have a cultish following, it raises my skepticism. Such is my impression of the movement known as TED. There is a … Continue reading TED Ideas Worth Spreading*
A gaze into the (energy) future
As I write this post, in advance, on Christmas Eve, for publication on the day after Christmas, it will be interesting to see if anything has changed to negate the timeliness of the comments I am making about what I am thinking. I wrote a blog some time ago about the dropping gasoline prices, and … Continue reading A gaze into the (energy) future
Cultures in Conflict
I almost suspended my blog series to publish this post earlier. Instead, I am writing it on Wednesday for release on Friday. It is showing my perspective from Wednesday, to see how well it holds up to the light of Friday. I am befuddled by the reaction of the protestors. Why they take such an … Continue reading Cultures in Conflict
At The Rainbow 