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I saw something mildly surprising last week as I was walking through the newsroom. It seems one of the reporters was killing a few minutes before he left for the day by playing one of those java online video games where you use a gun of some sort to blow up wireframe tanks and other […]

But that doesn't stop the debate. After my note last week about the change in the archiving policy at The New York Times several people pointed out that all of Krugman's columns are available at the "Unofficial Paul Krugman Archive." I was aware of this, but I prefer not to link there because it's not […]

The Department of Homeland Defense has raised the terror alert level up to orange. I've created the following graphic using images from the government's Web site and an e-mail that's been making the rounds on the Internet. Some of the text descriptions are from the e-mail, others are my own.

The New York Times has an article on some technology that would turn your computer screen into a scanner.

The Wall Street Journal's Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (isn't that a mouthful?) has an article on the Jayson Blair affair. I won't bore you with more about the disgraced former New York Times reporter, but Jenkins did make one point that I think is very valid in this day and age. Take whatever percentage of […]

One of my friends, Sam, has a knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. While this is frequently amusing, his sister-in-law, also a friend of mine, calls him to the carpet with the simple "inappropriate comment" to tell him that he's out of line. This has stuck him with he nom de […]

In a ruling that defies common sense -- and should surprise no one -- the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the most-overturned court in the nation) has ruled that a bank robber who had a gun stuck in the waistband of pants should not have been convicted of "armed robbery" because he "didn't mean to […]

The Pentagon is disputing an "unbiased" report from the BBC that claimed that U.S. forces that rescued POW Jessica Lynch did it just for show and their rifles were loaded with blanks. Somebody over at the BBC must've been hit with a stupid stick -- repeatedly -- to believe that tripe. *UPDATE* It appears that […]

There's a good article over at National Review Online on our continued failure as a society to create a colorblind society. This is an instructive story to keep in mind whenever we are told that companies should look especially hard to find employees that will move the company toward greater "diversity." In the first place, […]

Saw the much-ballyhooed movie this morning with about 30 others. It was nice not to be part of a packed theater. The Rave/Sex scene was dull and much too long. Otherwise it was a very intriguing plot and I'm anxious to find out how it ends. I think it's a good thing that the finale […]