News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, August 2, 2011
It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.
~Henry David Thoreau
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
~Anton Chekhov
I'd like to discuss something...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, August 1, 2011
How did the Debt get so big? How did it become so famous? And what are its future plans? I sat down with the National Debt last week to see if I could find some answers.
It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
~Thomas Jefferson
So here we are, about a week away from a huge decision. Of course we've already delayed this "monumental...
Would the real Bill Maher please stand up? Who is he? I want to know. Is he a comedian or a political pundit? Is he a Progressive (as he claims he is), a libertarian (as he's been on record...
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
~B. F. Skinner
The year is 2110. IBM has just completed work on the most advanced A.I.(Artificial Intelligence), in history. At 12:10 P.M. the A.I. is loaded onto servers....
Reid insisted in 2010 that delaying the debt ceiling vote would ensure that the Republicans would own part of the responsibility. And so we find ourselves on the brink of disaster.
People are living longer. Just look at the number of ex-Presidents we have living yet. There are four, and I can’t remember when so many ex-leaders of the country have been alive and compos mentis.
There have always been ex-Presidents...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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