Category - Soapbox

The Prostitute’s Gift

The Prostitute’s Gift

From TIME Magazine: Blood drawn from a tiny group of African prostitutes -- a group of women apparently immune to HIV infection -- may someday bring about a cure for AIDS. (Link)

Stupid Sheraton Tricks

Stupid Sheraton Tricks

This past weekend, we booked rooms at the Sheraton in downtown Atlanta. Our nightly rate bought us more than we expected. Front Desk Follies. When Clyde approached the desk, the night manager turned him away because Clyde wasn't "Mark McElroy." The...

Do Errors Always Favor the GOP?

Do Errors Always Favor the GOP?

In Florida, early voting is underway. According to voters, the electronic voting machines there are already crediting Democratic votes to Republican candidates. Which brought to mind an interesting question. Does anyone know of a single report of a...

Changing How I Get My News

Changing How I Get My News

While we were in the U.K. recently, everyone was abuzz over the call for withdrawal from Iraq made by Britain's new army chief, Richard Dannatt. The general called his government's policies "naive" and asserted that continued Western military...

Rigged Elections by Design

Rigged Elections by Design

In this video, computer programmer Clinton Curtis testifies that Florida Congressman Tom Feeney asked him to create software capable of rigging the 2004 presidential election. With less than 100 lines of code, machines could be rigged to throw the...

Is America a Democracy?

Is America a Democracy?

"It is now apparent that a concerted and forceful program of election-day fraud and abuse was enacted with either the leadership or co-operation of governmental authorities." -- Senator Richard Lugar (R) referring to the 2004 Ukranian Presidential...

Warriors without Faces

Warriors without Faces

I have a question for you. I want you to try to answer it without Googling or peeking or consulting a newspaper. Ready? Here goes: