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CNet's News.com site often does a pretty good job of tech reporting -- explaining sometimes complex issues in terms most computer users can understand. However, this statement in a Q&A with State Sen. Deborah Bowen had me chuckling: The head of a Senate subcommittee on new technologies, Bowen is no technophobe. She's among the many […]

I was going through some old files, straightening some things up, when I came across some of my old Cal Poly "Student Grade Reports." It's been nearly a decade since I graduated, and I've forgotten many of these classes I was required to take. Interestingly enough, I came across my final grade report -- I […]

On ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday, California Gov. Gray Davis dismissed criticism from "The Governator" by saying: "Until he sits in those shoes -- and I don't think he's going to have a chance to -- he's really in no position to criticize what we've done," the governor said. I shall attempt to follow […]

An audiotape alleged to have been made by Saddam Hussein denied responsibility for last Friday's bombing in Najaf that killed scores, including a leading Iraqi cleric. This is curious because it's probably the first time a terrorism supporter has released a statement denying responsibility. Also, when I first heard about it, I thought: "Of course, […]

Taranto's back from vacation -- finally!

The following letter appeared in Monday's San Diego Union-Tribune. Unfortunately, due to the less-than-stellar integration between the print side and the electronic side, it's not available online. I am currently deployed in northern Iraq, and would like to express my thanks to everyone who supports us and what we are fighting for. For those, however, […]

Tom Clancy is one of America's best storytellers. The insurance salesman turned author has, over the past two decades, created a world of intrigue where ordinary men do extraordinary things. Each of Clancy's novels have used the current globalpolitical situation as a backdrop. Through the Cold War, the uncertainty of the fragmentation of the Soviet […]

The Wall Street Journal published a couple of good articles over the holiday weekend. The first is a look at someone who knows all about scandals and cover-ups -- the junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton. The second is a look at the looming split within the Episcopal Church between those who follow the […]

For the Krugman curious, Donald Luskin has a plethora of interesting stuff. Start here and work your way down.

Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has refused to denounce the racist group MEChA, instead identfying it as one that helps develop leaders. Earlier, Bustamante was questioned pointedly about his membership as a college student in the Chicano activist organization MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan. The group's strident rhetoric urged retaking the American Southwest, among […]