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 before

Your 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 middle

Responsible 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 the

Double 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 to

I'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 four

William 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 following

Picture 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 to

A 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 once

Send 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