The end of the Republic

Update: Just in case you thought all this ta-do about torture and civil rights didn’t apply to you. Surprise. I am a political conservative. I’m in favor of local control. A smaller federal government. Fewer laws. Individual freedom. A balanced budget....

Kids today

Former Apple Evangelist Guy Kawasaki chairs a panels of teens to 24 year-olds and comes of with today’s trends. Lots of obvious stuff: Everybody’s got a cell phone and text messages like crazy, FaceBook and MySpace are huge, everybody’s got an...

Just in case

Just in case you’re one of those poor shmoes who thinks that the 2004 president election was legit, comes this news and this news. For country that’s wasted billions trying to force democracy down the throats of countries who don’t want it (or, even...

The war on weed

According to the FBI, police arrested some 786,545 people last year on marijuana-related offenses. Of these, 696,074 were charged only with possession. This is an enormous waste of resources to say the least. In Oregon, possession of one ounce of more of marijuana is...