First, the all-important deviled eggs question: do you use pickle relish in them, like it says here? Mash yolks with mayonnaise. Add relish, mustard, salt, and pepper; stir well. And if you do add the relish, are you from the … Continue reading →
…to remind me of the Flying Dutchman. Or Philip Nolan, The Man Without a Country:
Continue reading →I already wrote one post about this today, but it turns out I have more to say. There are a few people in the comments section here, there, and everywhere who still think Edward Snowden is a hero. I cannot … Continue reading →
In the game of hide and seek he’s playing with the US, Snowden seems to hold the upper hand. That’s not really because he’s so very clever, or because he has a lot of help from Wikileaks and others (although … Continue reading →
If true, this is both interesting and frightening: At a research center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, agency scientists and engineers are building super computers capable of running at exaflop speed–that’s one million, trillion operations per second. Very useful in performing … Continue reading →
Much is being made of the recent drop in Obama’s approval rating, particularly among his usual strong supporters, the young (see also this): Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45 percent in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June … Continue reading →
So far what I’ve heard at the NSA hearing today is pretty straightforward and pretty interesting. The testimony makes the programs sound reasonable. Nor is this information new, although some of the detail is. But we’ve known the general outlines … Continue reading →
Assuming this is true, I’ll also assume I’ll have more to say about it anon: The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls, a … Continue reading →
Funny stuff here: Dear NSA, …If you have any pull with the American Psychiatric Association, could you please recommend to them that the psychological state formerly known as “paranoia” should be no longer defined as a mental illness? Asylums all … Continue reading →
…the mistrust, stupid. As usual, Richard Fernandez gets to the heart of the matter. And the heart of the matter is trust, or lack thereof. We don’t trust this administration. But even if we did, it’s always a bad idea … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of chatter around the blogosphere about the NSA phone records program that goes like this: “Those who argue that it’s constitutional are in favor of it.” But the two do not necessarily go together. I don’t … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez always has something interesting to say, and this post of his is no exception: For much of history our ability to harm ourselves was fortunately limited by the crude nature of our means. But by the dawn of … Continue reading →