Gene Saunders, RIP
I just learned that my old friend, Sun colleague, and fellow SecularLiberalGeek Gene Saunders died last week. (I just got off the phone from speaking… Read More »Gene Saunders, RIP
I just learned that my old friend, Sun colleague, and fellow SecularLiberalGeek Gene Saunders died last week. (I just got off the phone from speaking… Read More »Gene Saunders, RIP
SpaceX did it! Fantastic work.
I left my Kindle at the office this weekend, and I just finished a couple of work-related books (one tedious, one great), and so I’m… Read More »One subject, two books…
Felipe Massa should have won today’s Singapore Grand Prix. He was the fastest driver, in the fastest car, using tyres which worked better on his… Read More »Overengineering
Kathleen Parker at National Review Online, one of Sarah Palin’s most enthusiastic supporters, throws in the towel. McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate.… Read More »"Fall on your sword, Sarah"
Enter the (incompetent) drama queen: McCain makes it worse: And so, a bailout proposal that once seemed likely to pass now is back to negotiations.… Read More »"[Bush is] Cardinal freaking Richelieu compared to McCain"
Quote of the day: Letterman said McCain taking Palin to meet world leaders at the United Nations was like “take-your-daughter-to-work day.” (Via Huffpo.)
TPM on the bizarre handling of Sarah Palin: What’s really sobering is that the McCain campaign continues to block Palin from answering questions even though… Read More »The caging of Sarah Palin
If it seems as if I’ve posted fewer book-related items recently, there is a simple explanation. I’m reading Neal Stephenson’s latest, “Anathem”, and it’s going… Read More »Anathem
Andrew Sullivan becomes understandably apoplectic at this nonsense: At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice… Read More »"Sarah has a tummy ache"