Barack Obama gave a great speech tonight (transcript here). I would say that the buzz that he will go far is correct. If I lived in Illinois I would probably vote for him.
Best part:
Don’t get me wrong. The people I meet in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks, they […]
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You’re I, Robot!
by Isaac Asimov
While you have established a code of conduct for many generations to
follow, your demeanor is rather cold and calculating. Brought up to serve humans, you
have promised never to harm them, to follow orders, and to protect yourself. Living up
to this code has proved challenging and sometimes even drives you mad. If […]
Check out this news story
Iran has broken the seals on nuclear equipment monitored by United Nations inspectors and is once again building and testing machines that could make fissile material for nuclear weapons.
Teheran’s move, revealed to The Daily Telegraph yesterday by western sources, breaks a deal with European countries under which Iran suspended “all uranium […]
Hillary introduced her husband (transcipt here. Nothing to exciting in her speech, although I did notice it ran long for an introduction. She spoke for close to ten minutes (the schedule I saw budgeted her for 5.) It did seem a little like groundwork for a possible presidential run, but she certainly […]
I like Jimmy Carter as a person, always have. As a leader and an analyist of foreign policy I have my doubts about his competance and wisdom. His speech tonight (transcript here) reminded me why.
There were several things I disagreed with. Here are a couple.
Today, our dominant international challenge is to restore […]
I just saw Al Gore’s speech (transcript here.)
Frankly, I was disappointed. Gore has been so crazy recently I was looking forward to his speech adding some excitement to an otherwise boring media event. Sadly the speech was pretty bland.
All in all a good speech, although I thought the digs at Nader […]
James Pinkerton writes that the Democrats may have discovered a new wedge issue that will give them support in the coming election: stem cell research.
When President Bush put his ban limiting the lines availible for research in place a few years ago I was somewhat supportive of the move. Using embyronic stem cells does […]
Blackfive has a story on the translator that was there for the capture of Saddam. Interesting.
Here is a good round-up on the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act.
There is a problem here that needs to be solved, but this is not the right way to do it.
Lucasfilm has announced the title for the last Star Wars film.
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
(USA Today)
