Where should conversation on race start? – Yahoo! News “Let’s talk about what we have in common, common values, rather than what makes us different,” he says. I want to relate a story from my days in academia.  Early on in my employment at a certain private University, all of the staff had to go [...]

I don’t doubt the earth may be getting a bit warmer (30 years ago we were predicting an ice age) but that probably isn’t that big of a deal in terms of the Earth (it may suck for a time, but, it probably doesn’t mean the end of our existence as I believe we will [...]

Evolution of Security I have been traveling a bit more lately and have noticed a seemingly new thing: first class passengers get their own security screen.  So, naturally, I want to know if a first class ticket purchase has higher fees that are passed onto the TSA or are the airlines somehow subsidizing TSA so [...]

Google says Microsoft’s Yahoo buy might hurt Internet – Yahoo! News Wow, Googs must really be scared of this merger…  Why else would they be waging such a big PR war?  My opinion is we have more to fear from Google, then we do from Microhoo!  Google has a virtual monopoly on searches, and very [...]

So That’s What The EU Does With All That Microsoft Money But the point is the same – the EU is not willing to let free markets determine winners and losers. The winners must be home grown, at any cost. And U.S. companies that have too much success in Europe seem to face a bleak [...]

Grant’s Grunts » Sigh — Windows Vista More fun: I launch the installer and the first thing it does is go out and get updates.  OK, that’s cool and makes sense.  No way that a CD can be kept fresh in the store.  Finally, I get everything installed, first thing it does: downloads updates.  OK, [...]