A New Consciousness
An idea cannot be named before it has been thought. A social movement cannot be identified …
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Authoritarianism
I’ve just finished reading “The Authoritarians” by Robert Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba. He has …
Paul Ryan is Tarnishing Quickly
Paul Ryan’s squeaky-clean image as a fiscal conservative is not holding up very well: He voted …
Guess what 30% of Republicans Believe?
…that Obama is a Muslim. Sigh. The Pew Forum.
The Cost of Patent Trolls
A paper by two Boston University researchers puts the annual cost of patent trolls at $29Bn.
Political Protest Now Banned in America
OK, there is no Federal legislation banning it, but the de facto situation is pretty close. …
Variability in Hospital Pricing
I’m a week late with this, but the NYTimes ran a breath-taking article on variability in …
Us and Them
After the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for …
Newsflash: There are Only 7 Terrorists in the Entire World
“We can reduce the size of the haystack when we are looking for that one-in-a-billion terrorist,” …
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The Internet Will Enable World Peace
In today’s world, knowledge of others is greatly expanding because of video, social media and the …