Bizarre World

I was stopped at a traffic light tonight and saw police lights a few intersections down the road, tending to an accident. I commented to my wife that this was the third fender bender I had seen just today. As soon as the words left my mouth a Prius rear ended a new Rolls Royce [...]

Integrity

I was pondering the situation at Penn State this morning on my drive in to the office. Putting aside the physical crimes that are alleged, not because these are not important – indeed they are ultimately the most critical aspect – but because what I am interested in this morning is the notion of integrity [...]

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“All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations,” according to the State Department site. “All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without [...]

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Middle East Thoughts

Been thinking about the civil war between the PLO and Hamas last week: – The PLO has a remarkable track record of military defeat, kind of makes one wonder why they keep trying. – Looters stole Arafats (undeserved) Nobel Peace Prize. Somehow that is just tragically symbolic considering that the inability of civil society to [...]