“For a fraction of the cost of this war,” said Mr. Stiglitz, “we could have put Social Security on a sound footing for the next half-century or more.”
Full article at nytimes.com.
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NY Times Op-Ed on the $2-3 Trillion Iraq “War”
March 5, 2008 – 9:39 am
Flipstart PC : It lives
After a solid 2 years of silence, Vulcan appears to be ready to release the Flipstart PC.
jkOnTheRun has a hands-on video with a pre-release version of the device.
Gizmodo gallery of images.
March 7, 2007 – 2:19 pm
FRONTLINE: News War
“Drawing on more than 80 interviews with key figures in the print, broadcast and electronic media, and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today’s most important news organizations, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the challenges facing the mainstream news media, and the media’s reaction, in News War, a special four-part series.”
I watched the first [...]
March 1, 2007 – 2:11 pm
My Hero
“The electronic sign on the side of Interstate 4 is supposed to warn motorists of an upcoming exit.
This weekend, someone reprogrammed it with a slightly different message: NASCAR sucks. Go home.
Florida Department of Transportation officials said a prankster with the right kind of keyboard and a password changed the sign this weekend as hundreds of [...]
February 25, 2007 – 11:10 am
Christmas Gift Idea: The Darfur Wall
Wouldn’t $30 be better spent at The Darfur Wall than on some material gift?
Click a square above to approach the wall and witness its 400,000 numbers, one for each person killed in the Darfur genocide. Donate one dollar or more to turn a number from dark gray to brilliant white and honor one lost life. [...]
December 14, 2006 – 10:47 am
New York Health Board Bans Trans Fats in NY
AP story on CNN’s website.
Truly mind-boggling.
December 5, 2006 – 4:17 pm
