Government
Rio environmental summit disappoints — again
June 26, 2012The weak-at-best conference statement merely reaffirmed the goals from 20 years ago for a sustainable world, without making any binding agreements which could make that actually happen.
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Fish gotta swim and George Will gotta lie
June 19, 2012I find the rant against governmental regulatory power bizarre, though not surprising. Will has a lot of - I'll be polite - nerve to complain about regulatory overreach
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First computer delivered to Census Bureau
June 14, 2012On June 14, 1951 the first commercially produced computer, UNIVAC 1, was delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau. The computers of the late 1940’s were all unique items created either at research labs or by companies...
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Higher credit rating no help to the people of Honduras
June 11, 2012Ever wonder about the purpose of those international "credit rating agencies" such as Moody's, Standard and Poor's and Fitch?
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A right-wing apologist in sheep’s clothing
June 1, 2012David Brooks positions himself as an above-the-fray "moderate," but the reality is otherwise.
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