Attempts to secure reparations for blacks to “compensate” them for the effects of slavery are in the news again. Read Kristen Mack’s article in the Houston Chronicle. As ludicrous as the idea is, Kofi Taharka’s statement that “if enough pressure is placed on the ‘establishment’ and multiple tactics are used, eventually it will lead to…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Replacing the World Trade Center
CNN has a site dedicated to ideas to replace the World Trade Center in New York. Link to it. Why not rebuild it exactly as it was before?
Securing Chemical Plants
The rest of the nation is catching on to something Houstonians have known all along: gulf coast chemical plants make tempting target to terrorists. Read the NPR story. Having worked at one of these plants recently, I concur with the opinion that plant managers are proactive about security and safety. This does not remove the…
MS Passport
Microsoft settled a dispute with the government over its Passport identification service today. Read about it. Chief among the issues the software giant was chastised for were deceptive claims about the security offered by Passport and tracking of user’s navigation of the web. It’s unfortunate that Microsoft must be spanked every time it does something…
Digital TV Mandate
Anyone who has ever seen a true HDTV picture wants that technology to become ubiquitous. The FCC may be making that happen. Read the AP story about the latest regulations. The entertainment industry has been dragging its feet in a big way in regards to this technology. The FCC has taken a small but necessary…
ImClone CEO Convicted
ImClone chief executive Samuel Waksal was indicted on several securities violations today. Perhaps this will be a first step in bring over-paid, under-controlled CEOs to heel. Now, if we could only do something about the execs at Enron…
The case against U. of North Carolina I commented on some time ago is in the news again. Read the MSNBC/Washington Post article It seems to be worth repeating: you are not guaranteed the right not to be offended in this country. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, remember?
Old-fashioned Work
Today I go back to work. Not that I’d been out of a job; instead, I had been working via the tele-commuting route for the last 16 months. Now it’s back to the real commute and what can be a substantial grind in Houston, Texas. Tele-commuting is the coming thing, I am here to tell…
Fat Nation
America, land of the free and home of the fat. Read all about it at MSNBC.com In this country we eat a lot of food. More than we need. That’s a simple fact. But what we eat is just as bad, and we do it to ourselves. It is much easier to go to McDonald’s…
Eat Less, Live Longer
From the world of health: eat less and live longer. Read about it. Sounds good, but tough to do!