Space Cowboy
by Dubya evidently doesn’t think being a black-clad gunslinger here on Earth is enough, judging by a couple of juicy quotes lifted from the administration’s still …
Author: marc
Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Dave Winer, Geek Equivalent of Babs Streisand?
I’ve been reading Scripting News for a good while now because Dave Winer, best known as an evangelist for RSS, is a techno-dilletante extraordinaire and …
Gay Republicans: To Purge or Not to Purge
The answer clearly is the former. Republicans have, at incredible volume, trumpeted themselves as the defenders of American family values and the champions of the …
Congress and Its Dirty Tricks
Declan McCullagh agrees with me that Congress is screwing us by lumping unrelated spending measures and regulations together with other bills. Specifically, McCullah lists the …
News from Iraq
The U.S Army is planning to maintain present troop levels for at least 3-4 more years. To me this indicates that they have little confidence …
Illegal Immigration, V
In previous posts I’ve discussed the illegal immigration situation and offered a couple of directed suggestions that might help to reduce the problem. But it’s …
England’s Veil Debate
There’s an interesting row going on in England about Muslim women’s head scarves and their effect on cross-cultural relations. I don’t know beans about Mr. …
Robert X. Cringely Rant
Robert X. Cringely tells it like it is re Congress’ recent stupid action. But there have been so many lately! From the essay: Last Saturday …
Brazilian Air Crash
Was the crash caused by too much precision? Phil Greenspun seems to think so. It’s an interesting point. What do you think?
Dead Zone
The Internet is the most amazing tool of our time – or any time – for spreading information around. But when it comes to person-to-person …