Go read Sandy’s Schiavo Notes. And in a related bit, House Majority Leader Tom Delay and his family in 1988 chose not to connect their father to dialysis machine after an accident and instead allowed him to die in peace. Tom Delay helped push through the extraordinary legislation trying to overturn the findings of Florida’s […]
If the rumor that Donovan will end up in LA after a disappointning 3 months in Germany are true, what does that mean for his future career? Will he remain a perennial MLS player, a big fish in a small pond? Would another European team ever take a chance on him after this? If he
A recent survey shows that Americans’ download media files from both approved and, well, less approved sources in about equal proportions (found on Smart Mobs ). An even more interesting statistic is that 48% of respondents cited using other sources, such as aim and email, than online stores and p2p networks. Coupled with that news,
That’s what I immediately thought on my way home tonight when I heard that students at Georgetown had staged a hunger strike to protest the wages paid to university Janitors. Now, I’m not against anyone getting paid or getting a raise but this incident smacks more of self-righteous, feel-good whiny Liberalism than anything else. It’s
So, we’ve all pretty much agreed that the Bush Administration ignoring unwanted science is about on par with "dog bites man" in terms of news worthy, right? This MSNBC story however documents the lies and denial that are involved when you’d rather hush up a Harvard study paid for by the EPA on the costs
It’s been over a week since the announced deal between Tivo and Comcast was announced. The partnership is definitely a lifeline for Tivo and hopefully the company can reinvigorate their product with innovations. Pessimists might say that is not looking very probable as it seems that the company would rather court the favor of media
I read somewheres that we’re coming to about the half way point for qualification for next year’s world cup. Now is where it starts to get real serious and games mean more and more. For the US national team this means playing Mexico in Azteca stadium this Sunday at 1pm. This game will be a
Wow! I learned through Soccerpundit that the Cosmos have a website. Looks like they’re keeping the name alive. I’m not sure why some soccer fans wouldn’t want another New York team named the Cosmos. Now, I’m not saying that the next NY team has to be called the Cosmos. But if the curent owners of
I’ve held off on writing about my Nokia 6600 until the initial gadget shine wore off. I’ve recommended it to my friends, including Jason who’s already written about it. This is the smart phone written about on Slate. My friend Dave, who’s also a recent Mac convert, told me he used the iSync devices page