Conspicuous by their absence

I’ve been saying it for years now — that the Bush administration uses terror alerts and the like to distract us when he’s under criticism. I’ve been far too lazy to compile a list (although you  [more...]

We bought the iPhone with expectations — that we’d get more functionality relatively soon, that we would get ringtones and the like. Instead, what we got was a pipeline between Apple and our wallet. Three  [more...]

In all the hoopla over the California recall election, people are pointing the finger at Gray Davis for the energy crisis of 2001. This is confusing me, as it was proved over and over last year that the crisis was  [more...]