Archives for Category: Current Events
The Stuxnet Worm
December 27, 2010
Two fascinating articles about the Stuxnet worm used to attack the Iranian nuclear facilities: Jonathan Last in the Weekly Standard Ed Barnes at Fox News This was no group of punks screwing around. I’m sure the truth will never come out, but this would make an excellent book.On The Road Again
July 4, 2010
It’s 12:30am and I’m sitting in the Seattle airport waiting for a flight to Korea. That will be home for the next two years and preparations for the move (that approach the D-Day invasion in complexity) are the reason things have been quiet around here. I have four hours beforeYour Parents Must Be Proud
September 24, 2009
What a bunch of f@#$ing cowards. From the article: Anti-G20 protesters rampaged through the city centre of Pittsburgh tonight, smashing up shops and throwing rocks at police, as officers used tear gas and baton-charges in an attempt to bring them under control. In riots which continued through the middleResponsible Education
September 3, 2009
I’m sure the President wasn’t expecting this level of uproar over his pep talk to the nation’s schoolchildren. Personally, I don’t think the idea of a speech is terrible and it doesn’t necessarily justify the amount of vitrol; although that somewhat depends on the content of the speech. On theDouble Standard?
December 15, 2008
Lemme get this straight: Caroline Kennedy, who hasn’t been elected so much as dogcatcher of anywhere, wants to be appointed to the soon-to-be-open Senate seat from New York? And her lack of qualifications have ruffled enough feathers that she has hired a political consultant to do some “convincing” for her?Not So Fast...
December 10, 2008
Soon-to-be-former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich or former Attorney General Janet Reno? Tough call…could go either way.The End of Wall Street's Boom
November 13, 2008
Michael Lewis wrote one of the best sports books as well as one of the best business books ever: Moneyball. He has an outstanding article at Portfolio.com about the current financial trainwreck and the stratospheric levels of ignorance and greed on Wall Street that caused it, and also alludes toI'm Running Out of Excuses
March 15, 2008
Yes, the WFB post was the first one in a while, seven months to be exact. The standard litany could apply: I was busy at work and raising a small child left barely enough time to read what was going on out there, much less write about it. A fourWilliam F. Buckley Jr, RIP
February 29, 2008
I was quite saddened to learn of the death of William F. Buckley, JR this week. I actually was snooping around the NRO site and happened upon the announcement in The Corner within about 30 minutes of it being posted. As I read numerous tributes to him over the followingPicture of the Day
February 24, 2007
Picture seen on the front page of Lucianne.com yesterday. More info here.Don't Forget Who Got Us Here
November 8, 2004
I just happen to stumble upon this interesting New Yorker interview with William F. Buckley, Jr - a supporter of Bush, but irritated at his Big C - Compassion and little c - conservatisim: “Government is now 20.9 per cent of G.D.P., and that’s bad stuff,” he said. “Drink toA Good Read
November 7, 2004
I have to admit, Newsweek’s very in-depth look inside the Bush and Kerry campaigns has been an excellent read. Set aside an hour or two and check it out. Interesting things I’ve learned: John Kerry cusses like a sailor. Teresa Heinz Kerry is a complete weirdo. Actually, after reading this,Now What?
November 3, 2004
Here’s my big question: How long until DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe gets shown the door? And before it gets slammed, I want someone to ask him “So, how many more people woke up on election day and voted for Bush than Kerry?”My Endorsement
October 29, 2004
Here is a long and thought-out presidential endorsement by Jane Galt. Here is mine: I voted for Bush. I voted by absentee ballot and no offense to Ms. Galt, there was never any doubt. UPDATE: This one sums it up quite well also.Nader Who?
October 28, 2004
Two of three candidates that ran for president in 2000 are running again in 2004. While Al Gore is busy regaining all the weight he lost for the last contest and giving irritating speeches when he gets bored, George Bush is duking it out with John Kerry. And every onceSend in the Puppets
October 22, 2004
The two magazines I have subscribed to the longest are Newsweek and Esquire. Coincidentally, one of the reasons I stuck with them over time was based on the merits of their financial writers - Allan Sloan for Newsweek and the recently-back-from-hiatus Ken Kurson for Esquire. Eventually, the increasingly leftward tilt