J Square Humboldt
Gnash of the Titans
The Winter Olympics and America seem only to be fair weather friends ...Underwhelming television ratings for the recently completed games in Turin indicate that the USA is only inclined to watch when their athletes are winning.
Date Posted: March 06, 2006
Modern Wonders
Apparently, it's time to turn the page on the original Seven Wonders of the World ...Since only one of them is left standing, and since most people can't remember what the rest of them are, anyway, this is a good idea for someone who has...
Date Posted: March 06, 2006
Spoonman
I've always taken pride in having an open mind ...So, when the invitation came to visit Uri Geller at his estate in the English countryside back in the summer of 1987, I couldn't pass the opportunity to personally experience the phenomenon...
Date Posted: February 27, 2006
The Inertia of Power
I hate it when Saddam Hussein gets proved to be right ...Buried in all his pre-invasion bluster was a promise that Iraqis would give the Americans 'another Viet Nam' if they tried to occupy the country.
Date Posted: February 20, 2006
Virus Strains
What we need is the Dewey Decimal System to go digital ...Specifically, someone needs to coax their keepers into putting some logical order into how computer viruses are sorted.Recently, warnings abounded about the Kama Sutra virus quickly...
Date Posted: February 09, 2006
DXCafé: The New E-conomy Is Coming
It seems they've been busy on the isle of Vanuatu ...That's where a company called Global Digital Transfers Inc ('GDT') placed their headquarters for DXinOne, the e-currency exchange system that is the main topic on Longer...
Date Posted: February 06, 2006
Wanted: And It Had Better Be Alive
Pakistan did the USA a favor recently ...All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil.The situation is well-explained by London's Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition:Pakistan 'delay let bin Laden escape US...
Date Posted: February 06, 2006
Map Quest
Historians teach that the USA emerged from its isolationist ways when it entered World War I ...Geography teachers may dispute that point.Whenever an American media outlet wants to re-emphasize the issue, they merely find one of many studies that...
Date Posted: January 30, 2006
Surrogate Life
Years ago, upon my first-ever arrival in Paris, there was no doubt as to where I would begin my itinerary ...I went immediately to the Père Lachaise cemetery.That's the final resting place of such luminaries as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Sarah...
Date Posted: January 30, 2006
Fed Raids: Pertinent or Paranoid?
Business always moves faster than government ...It's no surprise that a great deal of lawmakers' time is spent reacting to advances in commerce and science.
Date Posted: January 26, 2006