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The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow if I can. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Category Archives: Philosophy
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
It’s here. Finally. The Coffee Party is waking up. We’re a little bit slower to jump to action than the Tea Party (ironic that), but once we get going – boy do we get going. After months of watching the … Continue reading
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What would you like to hear Obama say about Afghanistan?
In response to this request for comments in the New York Times today, “What would you like to hear from the president tonight? Will his supporters be open to persuasion? How can he best convince you that he is proceeding … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Philosophy, Politics
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Mankiw on Economics
So I picked up a copy of N. Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics 5th edition for fun and to educate myself on Economics. I’m 5 pages in and I’m already encountering gross over simplifications that suggest a political bent that … Continue reading
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POP Syndrome
I’ve got a bad case of POP syndrome today. What is POP, you ask? It’s pissed off programmer syndrome. It is a syndrome often seen in programmers who must work on legacy code. The kind of code written over a … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, General, Philosophy
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Ideology Vs. Realpolitik in the Bush Administration
Roger Cohen wrote an excellent column today about the harm the Bush administration’s insistence on sticking to an ideological hard line did with respect to Iran. This passage is particularly relevant to the disagreement I have the writer of Global … Continue reading
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