It’s about time we keep our daylight

On a Saturday night in Indiana, Armageddon looms. “This is like Y2K,” Purdue University information technology spokesman Steve Tally said to Wired News, “except this one is really happening.” I, for one, am stocking up on canned goods. Because it is time ““ time for daylight-saving time, and there’s nothing that Steve Tally or anyone […]

U.S. should focus on healthy forms of competition

We Americans aren’t too keen on international competition. That is to say, we’re not particularly keen on international sporting competitions; we love international competitions of the guns ‘n’ ammo variety. United States 1, Iraq 0! Go team! But when it comes to nation-vs.-nation sporting spats, competitions like the Olympics that are designed to foster international […]

Just ’cause it’s free doesn’t mean it won’t offend

Colin Powell has said, “Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word, and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.” It is unfortunate that, after his performance at the United Nations in 2003, Colin Powell likely has about as much credibility in Europe as James Frey does with readers, […]