June 13, 2014
Writing a blog is, in and of itself, a lonely pursuit. Sitting in my office, with no one else around, staring at my computer screens, the television tuned to a news channel, I’m not in the most social of settings. Living in my native state of Tennessee, an economic, social, intellectual and political backwater, engenders […]
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February 17, 2011
President Eisenhower, in his farewell address, warned us of the dangers of the military-industrial complex. Was he right? The US spends more on “defense” than all other countries combined. According to official reports from 2003 and 2005, we have 737 military bases in 63 countries outside of the US and its territories. This is intentionally […]
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Spam – I Prefer Hormel’s
April 27, 2022pam wasn’t a problem back in 1957, when I designed and built my first computer. It wasn’t a problem in the 1970s, when I programmed for Delta Air Lines. It wasn’t a problem in the 1980s, when I managed an HP, Victor and Wang dealership. But, it is now and has been for some time. […]