August 20th, 2003
NEWCARD
The following article on the upcoming NEWCARD standard to replace the old PC Cards is an interesting look at the issues that must be considered when impementing a hardware standard.
Archive for August 20th, 2003
August 20th, 2003
The Patriot Act and the Politics of Liberty, Part One
Leftists (including the neo-commie Howard Dean) would love to have you believe that the Patriot Act is some sort of Nazi anti-subversion law that blows away the Bill of Rights. I will bet you good money that none of the protesters you hear about have ever read the Patriot Act, nor do they have [...]
August 20th, 2003
Take out Pyongyang!
MSNBC has an interesting account of a North Korea missile factory shipment to Libya. North Koreas major sources of income consist of foreign aid (from western nations as well as loyalist Koreans in Japan), slave labor exports to China (and often to U.S. with a Made in China label) and military hardware and [...]
August 20th, 2003
The Patriot Act and the Politics of Liberty, Part Two
To determine whether the Patriot Act infringes on our liberty, we must first determine what liberty is. Two political theorists stand out as defining the meaning of liberty: John Locke, and John Stuart Mill.
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John Locke essentially invented the notion of liberty. According to Locke, the essence of liberty is the absence of coercion. [...]