I think we can agree Newt Gingrich is a Flop
Based on a pathetic display of ill-prepared attacks directed at Mitt Romeny during last night's debate, I believe I can finally mark off Newt Gingrich on America's potential ...
Book Report: The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
What struck me most about Catcher in the Rye was how closely my teenage self could have related to the main ...
You Can Keep Your American Rights If...
I want to react to Mitt Romney's statement regarding the newly signed bill that in part allows the military to detain indefinitely any American they feel is afilliated with ...
Now Using Disqus
My coworker got me fired up over Disqus, an attractive versatile commenting system. It was definitely a good move.
Part of my energy to try something new stemmed from the ...
Too Modern for Time Warner
Apparently, I have upgraded myself beyond the ability to pay my cable bill at Time Warner's "PayXpress" website. This message was shocking for two reasons. First and initially, the ...
The Longest Shell Command I've Written
I keep two (or more) versions of PostgreSQL installed on my laptop that I switch between depending on what project I'm working on. In Snow Leopard, this involved setting ...
You want to pierce your what?!
Has anyone else noticed kids punching holes in any piece of flesh they can put their hands on? To be fair, I had a piercing of my own in my ...
Book Report: The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
You'll have to set aside some serious time for this one. Brothers Karamazov is a loaded book with tons of ironies and questions ...
The Futility Of Bipartisan Outreach
I love the way Paul Krugman articulates the realities of our government:
President Obama has tried — desperately, and far beyond the point at which it made any kind of sense ...
Hillary Clinton Speaks to the U.N. on Gay Rights
I donated to Hillary Clinton's campaign during the 2008 primaries, and although she didn't make it to the final election, I'm glad President Obama had the intelligence ...