Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor insisted Thursday that freedom of expression in Venezuela "must be limited" and proposed legislation that would slap additional restrictions on the country’s news media. The new law would punish the owners of radio stations, television channels and newspapers that have attempted to "cause panic" and "disturb social peace," [...]
According to a source, the wealthy oil and gas magnate and author of “The First Billion Is the Hardest” stepped up to introduce himself to Franken in a room just off the Senate Floor after the lunch ended Franken, who was seated talking to someone else, did not stand when Pickens said hello. Instead, Franken [...]
(AP photo, by the way) So here is how a President deals with a gaffe… A few beers, a “friendly camaraderie” and hopefully the polls will stop falling. How much more compelling can the comparisons between this President and Jimmy Carter get? Reportedly he had a lunch with some CEOs of major corporations and made [...]
So, Monday I worked from home. About noon I took the dog out for a walk. I smelled woodsmoke. Normally on a late July day if I smelled woodsmoke I would immediately look for wildfire signs. But this time I knew immediately it was the neighbors fireplace or wood stove. How did I know? Because [...]
I’ve commented a couple of times on the whole “Obama wasn’t really born in Hawaii” thing. I commented on and linked to a story last week where a Major in the US Army had refused to deploy using the “Obama isn’t an American Citizen” argument. Well, that apparently generated a lot of commentary last week, [...]
So this year I turn 50. I keep in touch with some of my high school friends and since I am the youngest of them, I’ve been watching them hit the big 5-0 one after another over the past year. My birthday is still almost five months away, so I’ve still got some time to [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Iran will never achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, declaring to Tehran: "Your pursuit is futile." "What we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you're pursuing nuclear weapons for [...]
Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone. Their concern is that [...]
Remember a few weeks ago when I asked if Obama had reached his tipping point? Well, even then his overall approval numbers were in the mid 50s. As of today they dropped to 49%. And that probably doesn’t show much impact from “GatesGate,” the Hahvahd Professor who was arrested for disorderly conduct being black. With [...]
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