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Assessing the Inaugural Address: Where you sit is where you stand
As Inauguration Day approached, I was given a unique opportunity to enlist some new technology invented by a casual friend of mine. As part of a failed initiative funded by Homeland Security, she was part of a team that developed the Portable Thought-Processor Processor (PTPP). The idea was that as people approached the security check […]
The Mantei Te’o Hoax: Reaping What We Sow in Our Hero Worship Culture
Why is the Mantei T’eo story so compelling? As Collin Cowherd said on ESPN this morning, this is only a story about some college kid messing up on the internet. Yet, as so often is the case, Cowherd is wrong about this one. When this story first broke, it was one of the more shocking […]
The Grumblings 