The pettiness of George Bush
Obama wanted to move into Blair House early so his children could start school, but it …
Author: Phil Mayes
New York Times sued over Boston.com’s linking practice
In this CNET article, GateHouse Media object on the grounds of copyright infringement because the NYT …
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How the Internet affects our future
Salon discusses the Internet and the two poles of “Google is making us stupid” and “the …
How a bank robber makes bail
Suppose I robbed a bank of $1 million (they don’t usually carry that much cash, but …
Race in America
There has been much comment that this was a post-racial election. Yes and no. Look at …
The emergence of a collective conversation
This election is like no other, and here’s why: it’s a populist election for the first …
Get your Grammar Right
What is it with Republicans that they have such difficulty with grammar? Here’s Palin: I know …
McCain’s fatal mistake?
It’s looking more and more as if McCain’s V.P. pick had almost zero research behind it: …
Apparently Iraq wasn’t a “serious crisis”
In the Washington Post, McCain called the Georgia invasion “the first probably serious crisis internationally since …
Microsoft Patents the Page Up and Page Down Operation
ITWire carries this story about yet another stupid patent.