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The truth is probably that the US was never as good as you once thought it was, but that it's not nearly as bad as you now think it is. One of the peculiarities of the US is that it has always tended to be and continues to tend to be a giant screen upon which people project their greatest hopes...

The other day, Urwumpe jokingly suggested that my computer had been hijacked by someone else when I lost control of my temper. During the exchange you comment on here, I thought the same thing might have happened to him :lol: It just goes to show you that there IS some overlap in our values...

Eagle -- surely you realize by now that the notion that America is somehow a force for good in the world is so unfashionable that any mention of it immediately marks you as a fool.

... back to the original topic: "If Palin were a man." http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/10/05/2008-10-05_sarah_palin_is_taking_a_bigger_beating_b.html?print=1&page=all Yes, I know, it's from one of those newspapers. But again, just in an attempt to urge those who despise her to at...

Not easy. There are two ways -- you can "grade on" or "write on" -- i.e. get into the review by having really, really, really good grades in your first year (just really, really good grades won't do), or you can compete in a pretty rigorous, very short-fuse writing competition, that is judged...

I'd be curious to know what kind of performance you get with that!

I'm hopeful my question can get through the language barrier: Have you, personally, ever been in a very high-pressure public speaking situation in which 1) you had very limited time and 2) you wanted to get a specific message across, even if 3) it meant not answering the question that was put to...

Meanwhile, over at the New York Times: Whitewash For a little video that puts the evidence into the perspective in which folks who don't support Obama might view these things, take a minute to looks at this: YouTube - Devastating Video, Obama talks about job Ayers gave him Yes, the scary music...

Back to work -- sort of. I'm basically done with the modeling Now comes the tedious part ... T-minus two weeks(?)

I have no idea what the answer to your first question is. I may be able to help on the second: You want to change the "ROT" value in the docking port code. It's been so long since I've messed with these that I can't say for sure, but I think this will do it. Here's the code you'll find...

It's a matter of symptoms versus causes. The specific example to which you (and it seems like just about every pundit who can get access to the Web) cited (1929) has almost nothing in common with the current situation in terms of causes. But it's all being lumped together as "market failure,"...

With more time, I'd come down on this like a million-pound sh*thammer. As it is, I'll just say a couple of things. First, you've done a very good job of reciting the history of the Great Depression you've been taught. But it's not true. Both the immediate and deep causes of the 1929 crash...

Here's the problem with this position. Imagine the economy is a person (you), and the government is a surgeon. You're saying you didn't need surgery. But the cutting started a looong time ago. You may be right that there shouldn't have been any surgery in the first place, but once it starts...

There is at least a possibility that private operators will be taking over parts of NASA's role on the ISS before its scheduled death. There's a LOT of useful infrastructure there (albeit in a too-highly-inclined orbit -- but that could be changed), and someone might pay the recurring costs to...

Since every ship performs differently, specific responses aren't possible. But there are some general principles. Basically, banking back and forth is a way to bleed off speed and altitude while covering less distance on your ground track. Put your head between your legs and kiss your butt...

Actually, knowing the subject matter of the cases Giuliani handled as a prosecutor, I'd say he may be the most intelligent of all the GOP's current stable of candidates, but his mercurial personality and centrist social policies disqualify him from the party as it is currently constituted...

... as for hypocrisy, what of Hillary's hilarious adoption of a southern drawl when she's addressing southerners, or her attempts to portray herself as personally familiar with the lives of middle-Americans? But beyond that lies a very interesting issue in real-world feminism, which is the...

I really agree with everything you've written here. The relatively narrow focus of the text I originally posted presented the viewpoint from which traditional spiritualism and postmodernism were both viewed as enemies. Of course there's a big difference between them when viewed though just...

That's true, and I'm sure a majority of her donations were aimed at some kind of religious institution. On the other hand, a very, very large part of "social-action" activity in the US is based in and arises out of religious activity. When Houston absorbed tens of thousands of refugees from...

This was what I was asking, thanks. Now that I'm working to "de-invest" my heart in this election (in order to minimize my own personal disappointment in the result -- a purely subjective and emotional exercise), I'm trying to stay engaged in as detached a way as possible. One of the things...