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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
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Congressman Barton Makes Americans Look Foolish
Congressman Joe Barton of Texas – the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee – is claiming to have ‘stumped’ Energy Secretary Steven Chu when he asked him, and I quote: How did all the oil and gas … Continue reading
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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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On Being Practical: Specifically with Respect to China
A classmate of mine recently discovered the way China censors its citizens and has started a blog to document that censorship and protest it. While I strongly sympathize with the motive, I also disagree with some of the assertions made. … Continue reading
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Great Ideas and Terrible Ones
That which was a great idea today may seem like a terrible one tomorrow. I updated my wordpress build yesterday, from WordPress 2.6 to WordPress 2.7.1. I’m very much enjoying the new backend. It is considerably slicker than the old … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Life, Projects
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