Monthly Archives: November 2009
Credit Card Protections and Privacy Eroded Yet Again in the USA
When we got married, we ordered our invitations over the Internet from a company that seemed fairly reputable. Apparently, however, their ordering process was screwed up because we didn’t get the invitations until 6 weeks prior to the wedding. No … Continue reading
Unwitting Mules and Computers
When I first traveled through Switzerland some 16 years ago, I went to France for the day, leaving from Geneva. On entering France, the guards saw a long, curly haired, American in a rental car, and they assumed I would … Continue reading
What is a Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Youths?
[Corrected information, thanks to Ken Durazzo.] The punishment should fit the crime. This is the general basis for the Eighth Amendment, and it’s one that has been largely ignored in the United States. Now the New York Times reports on … Continue reading
Going to Dover a Photo Op? Who cares? Just donate.
The latest Fox blather has Rush Limbaugh claiming that President Obama went to Dover AFB to get a photo op, instead of to honor the fallen troops who arrived there. To which I say: whatever. First of all, I had … Continue reading
Cynicism at its worst: A Republican healthcare plan
AP reports that Representative John Boehner is touting the Republican healhcare plan, and that it is in some ways better than the Democratic plans. The laugh is that every resident of the United States is living the Republican healthcare plan … Continue reading
