The Pakistani dictator has broken a promise to step down by the end of the year because his political opponents are a threat to democracy. This is the voice of the majority and the minority should accept the voice of the majority” said General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power from an elected government in [...]
While browsing Amazon recently, a book titled The Purpose Driven Life caught my eye. The name interested me because a sense of purpose is indeed crucially important for human beings. Without a sense of purpose, and of values to act towards and achieve, life would indeed be useless and meaningless. With my [...]
After a panic over a flu shot shortage, the media is now reporting a flu shot surplus. What else would you expect from socialized medicine?
In the last few days, I have been encouraged by several media presentations of businessmen as heroes. In particular, the bios of David Oreck and Donald Trump presented productivity, rationality, passion, innovation, and even egoism as virtues. Is it just me, or has there been a change from the usual vilification of CEOs [...]
I just finished watching 3, the new ESPN documentary of Dale Earnhardt . Though I am not a NASCAR fan, I found it to be a great sports movie. Dale Earnhardt is portrayed as uncompromising egoist : racing is his life, and nothing less than perfection is acceptable on the track, or [...]
Its easy to take the Internet for granted, in these times of universal internet access and affordable broadband. But it wasnt always so, and the Institute of Internet History has undertaken the task of creating a full and faithful documentary of the Internet, beginning with its early 19th century steam-powered origins. Millions of [...]