An article in The New Republic about the radicalism of democratic liberalism and wartime: The New Republic Online: Resolved Paul Berman notes that the United States was predicted to fail by … Continue reading »
As a cautionary point after the post about Thomas Friedman’s op-ed, I found this article from The New Republic: The Liberal Power, on “hawkish liberalisms” prospects in the event of … Continue reading »
Thomas Friedman has a good op-ed in today’s NYT: Tell the Truth. He criticizes the Bush Administration for badly bungling the diplomacy needed to build support for war, for … Continue reading »
Here’s one about the software developer as a movie icon: invariably, developers are portrayed as social misfits who can write ultracomplex systems on the fly and like to break into … Continue reading »
Here’s an article from The Atlantic on the standardization of time by American railroad companies in 1883. Prior to November 18, 1883, local noon had been set as it … Continue reading »
A Slate article on that paper on EverQuest economics: Fantasy Economics – Why economists are obsessed with online role-playing games. By Robert Shapiro I’ve read it before, but it’s nice to … Continue reading »
Gregg Easterbrook wrote an article for Time magazine:The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped. The basic argument is that pork barrel politics have kept the shuttle program going, rather than … Continue reading »
Joel on Software Mentioned on Plastic. This looks like a blog run by a software engineer, who goes through the various design mistakes he’s make over the years, and the … Continue reading »
Here’s an article on an experimental program to provide price insurance for real estate:Business 2.0 – Magazine Article – Preserving Your Home’s Value. This is currently only in Syracuse, NY, though … Continue reading »
Here’s an article from The New Republic by Gregg Easterbrook about the Axel of Evil, i.e., the perverse public policy that favors SUVs and “light trucks” at the expense of … Continue reading »