Replacing the World Trade Center
by CNN has a site dedicated to ideas to replace the World Trade Center in New York. Link to it. Why not rebuild it exactly as …
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.
Securing Chemical Plants
The rest of the nation is catching on to something Houstonians have known all along: gulf coast chemical plants make tempting target to terrorists. Read …
MS Passport
Microsoft settled a dispute with the government over its Passport identification service today. Read about it. Chief among the issues the software giant was chastised …
Digital TV Mandate
Anyone who has ever seen a true HDTV picture wants that technology to become ubiquitous. The FCC may be making that happen. Read the AP …
ImClone CEO Convicted
ImClone chief executive Samuel Waksal was indicted on several securities violations today. Perhaps this will be a first step in bring over-paid, under-controlled CEOs to …
The case against U. of North Carolina I commented on some time ago is in the news again. Read the MSNBC/Washington Post article It seems …
Old-fashioned Work
Today I go back to work. Not that I’d been out of a job; instead, I had been working via the tele-commuting route for the …
Fat Nation
America, land of the free and home of the fat. Read all about it at MSNBC.com In this country we eat a lot of food. …
Eat Less, Live Longer
From the world of health: eat less and live longer. Read about it. Sounds good, but tough to do!
Getting Government Priorities Right
Johnathan Alter wrote a terrific opinion piece recently for MSNBC.com. Read it! His main point: our government needs to work together, not bicker about party …