In Due Course

Here is journalism at its best.  In this month’s New York Post, David Grann writes about the 2004 Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham.

Trial By Fire

The article is about 17 pages long, and will take about an hour to read.  But perhaps you can read it to honor the memory of an innocent [...]

I haven’t posted a blog entry for quite some time.  Reasons include… work, vacation, and other sundry distractions.  Mainly I haven’t posted because the situation is just so bad, I’m just repeating the same bad news and gossip that people can already read online from more reliable sources.  For example, the Wall Street Journal’s top 5 [...]

I wasted almost an entire week last year trying to figure out why my add-in wouldn’t work in Office XP after I "upgraded" it to use managed code.  I eventually gave up until a more oportune time.
 
Lucky me!  I just found the reason why.
 
Microsoft intentionally disables the .Net platform for Office.  This results in an obscure error [...]

This is a modern, mundane tale of fine living in South-East Michigan.
 
Saturday night, I was returning from the metro airport to the northern suburbs.  I hit a pothole at 70 mph, deep in Detroit city, on I-94, which is an important artery of our interstate highway system.  Both cars in front of me immediately pulled over to the [...]

I just read a bit about The Muslim who Moved Powell.  
 
The article reports that Colin Powell decided to speak out when he saw an article about a Muslim soldier who died with a Purple Heart.  Powell decided it was time to speak and criticize McCain
 
My problem with Colin Powell is very simple.  Colin Powell is probably more responsible [...]

"Historically", Congress just voted to give $700 billion of borrowed money to bankers.  This is more than the total amount of the Iraq war, hastily spent.
 
Secure in the protective cocoon of Academia, I don’t pretend to understand the full import of this bill, or the reasons why it was "necessary."  But, I cannot see a [...]

I watched most of yesterday’s presidential debate.  This is my first, and hopefully my last post on the 2008 presidential election.  I must be getting old, because I don’t enjoy these elections like I used to.  I reserve an option to post about third party alternatives, if it comes to that.
 
A principle of least exposure is definitely in play.  In yesterday’s [...]