Archive for December 25th, 2007
MINIX operating system
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007When I was looking for blags to add to our blagroll, I came across movementarian.com, Tim Swanson's web page. Even if I hadn't heard of Tim Swanson, I would have added him without hesitation because of his libertarianism and obvious fixation on "The Simpsons." He could hate baseball and beer ...
China says, “Merry Christmas,” Google won’t
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007I try not to get all up in arms about the "liberal war on Christmas" and all the other PC things that Christian conservatives complain about, not because they aren't harmful or threatening or worthy of denunciation, but because the Christian/neocon right themselves are currently a large part of the ...
Eric Hoffer on the neocons
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007If I were in a position of importance at a university and I was able to specify three books that every incoming student must have read before enrolling, I would choose The Law, The True Believer, and The Law again. The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (1951) is about mass ...