Living the Dream

Bastardi Corrotti!

Bastardi Corrotti!

The word “Italians” conjures up a number of epithets. Take, for example, “Corrupt...

Tech Overload

Google Goggles

Google Goggles

As if smart phones weren’t irritating enough, by the end of the year people will be...

Modernity Watch

The Grand Hotel Preservation Society

The Grand Hotel Preservation Society

It seems all of the changes taking place these days are for the worse. I am hardly a...

Bravery Hurts

The Legend of Whining Coyote

The Legend of Whining Coyote

What did the Indian say when he crossed the road? “Me just walkum Trail of Tears!”...

Wild Things

Thar’s Meth in Them Thar Hills

Thar’s Meth in Them Thar Hills

Two years ago Oak Ridge, TN housed the world’s fastest supercomputer. Even better, my...

Ahhh!!!

The Corporate Personhood Delusion

The Corporate Personhood Delusion

Across the nation, the question resounds: “Are corporations people?” To a man of strict...

Moolah

Don’t Kick the Economy in the Privates

Don’t Kick the Economy in the Privates

As Mitt Romney stumbles his way through the Republican primaries, his candidacy has...

Moolah

An Envious Europe Looks West

An Envious Europe Looks West

When the bloated and declawed Las Vegas casino-money recipient Newt Gingrich had some...

Commerce

Scrubbing Your Way to the Top

Scrubbing Your Way to the Top

Fortunately I am not one of the newly unemployed. But if I found myself jobless and...

High Life

Trapped Between Debt and Default

Trapped Between Debt and Default

Who is worse—the pusher or the addict? I’d say it’s fifty-fifty as they sustain...

Tech Overload

Foxconned: Who Makes our Computers?

Foxconned: Who Makes our Computers?

Ghosts were the first thing I remember frightening me as a child. Arthur C. Clarke once...

Eureka!

Sugar Daddies & Sugar Babies

Sugar Daddies & Sugar Babies

A restaurant called Taboo is one my favorite haunts in one of my favorite American...

Mental Health

Losing Interest in Attention Deficit Disorder

Losing Interest in Attention Deficit Disorder

I guess I haven’t been paying attention, but it looks as if a lot of you haven’t...

Tech Overload

Don’t Fear the Robot: Why I Finally Joined Facebook

Don’t Fear the Robot: Why I Finally Joined Facebook

I recently joined this cool new social-networking site called “Facebook” because my...

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