Category Archives: Blog

I like thoughtful documentaries, and I like mindless blockbusters – especially on a Friday night. I had expected the latter with the new film Contagion. But in fact it was a mushy mashup of both. End of the world is … Continue reading →

Why tax cuts and limited government kill As a multiethnic, continental superpower, the U.S. is inevitably compared to (and compares itself to) imperial Rome. Look at the monumental marble buildings of Washington DC or in every major city – like … Continue reading →

Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple. He hasn’t stepped off the planet. But his resignation yesterday does strike many as marking the endgame for a fairly young but long-ill man. Still – is it time for obituaries … Continue reading →

For the past week I’ve been following an activist movement with the very heady goal of trying to occupy Wall Street (a la Tahrir square in Cairo) on September 17 to demand – well, something that treats regular folks better. … Continue reading →

If America is to follow the example of Egypt, Spain, and Greece, the protest has to go to Wall Street, not Washington. So says a collection of mostly young organizers planning a Tahrir-Square-style occupation of the New York Financial District, … Continue reading →

With all the talk of “the cloud” lately, it’s worth looking at how long-term the Web really is. I got a lesson in this yesterday while building this new Web site. I was putting together an archive of my writing … Continue reading →

Last Friday morning I heard the buzz of a tiny circular saw as it sliced through the top of a cornea. Then I smelled the lower part of it burn under a laser. It was a crappy ten minutes. But … Continue reading →

It’s amazing that for a generation so studied and analyzed, we still keep asking “Who are the Millennials?”. (Of course the interest is understandable given the trillions of dollars at stake.) To the extent that one phrase can describe tens … Continue reading →

A colleague just asked me for advice about cameras – specifically how to get pictures and videos of fast-moving kids. I figured I’d share with the rest of you. The best you can do for an all-in-one is this hard-to-name … Continue reading →

The U.S. government’s call for restraint by Mideast autocrats and its support for democratic movements is quite ironic, since this government would never be as tolerant if a similar movement swept across America.