Orwell, Kafka and Us or, It’s All Part of Der Process
Sean MurphyBack in 2008 Roger Cohen wrote the following in the New York Times – the same newspaper that declined to use the word “torture” as a matter of editorial policy: Of the 770…
Stephen Fry and Mr. Show
Let me begin by saying Stephen Fry represents the type of person we all should aspire to be: kind, intelligent, compassionate. I've celebrated his eloquence on this blog in the…
The “R” Party Putting the “D” in Dysfunctional (And Coal Mines, Unions, Big Business and –of course– George Orwell)
In honor (dishonor?) of our dysfunctional government not doing what it doesn't do best, I think it's timely and appropriate to revisit a blast from the past (a blog post…
One Small Step for Man’s Mind
Check it out: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of people. Not that it didn’t happen, necessarily, but that it was an elaborate,…
David Brooks: Nothing To See Here
I find Brooks to be a shallow, self-aggrandizing bootlicker of the first order. Clueless as an Ayn Rand reader, culpable as a clergyman, and haughty as a wealthy heir. HERE he…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part Three)
THE PRICE OF ONLINE PAYMENT The final frontier, at least for now, where online interaction and privacy may or may not find practical synergy is mobile payment. Predictably, the convenience…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part Two)
PRIVACY VERSUS PROFIT: THE NEXT BIG DEBATE Not many people would oppose the proposition that consumers enjoy convenience and appreciate value. As the Internet has expanded and advanced, free content…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part One)
*Recent events reminded me that the issues of privacy are not recent. Indeed, the notion of "other people" knowing what you are doing at all times was very much a…
How Caddyshack Explains Everything (Revisited)
7/22/2009: Listening to the disingenuous whining of the G.O.P. regarding the outrageous and irresponsible debt Obama is creating provokes various reactions. Here are ten of them. (But first, the image…
The Iron Maiden
As far as I'm concerned, this was Margaret Thatcher's finest work. (And yes that is both a political and artistic statement.) The ever-reliable Charles Pierce puts things succinctly in perspective,…