Monday, May 5th, 2014
Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules: The set of rules: 1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you. 2. You may not simply transfer
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Some years ago I was married to a black woman. Our relationship was just that, our relationship. It was none of anyone else’s business. But I can tell you with some certainty that being part of an...
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
While interviewing candidates for a UX designer position, I asked them what their salary expectations were. Both were fresh graduates, from the same school, with the same project work in their portfolios, and with no real world...
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
A little more than 100 years ago, my ancestors left Ukraine for the New World. They were peasants. They belonged to the land, and that land changed owners regularly: sometimes Russian, sometimes Austrian, and sometimes Polish. Regardless...
Monday, April 7th, 2014
One by one, they snuck into Vegas to dance for the godfather’s blessing. Republican hopefuls for the 2016 presidential nomination met with the 8th richest man on the planet to seek his approval. Jeb Bush, Chris Christie,...
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
A recent NASA study predicted that civilization would end in the next 20 years if we do not change our ways. The study made the rounds on social media as such sensational predictions are apt to do....
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Some ideas are so silly you have to be a sucker – or a college professor – to believe them. Take the “War on Women.” Democratic Party leaders have recently adopted this slogan as a “proven, persuasive...
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to the takeover of Crimea, and threatened more actions. Meanwhile FOX News asks, “Is it enough?” Both positions are idiotic. In the case of the sanctions, what...
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Pop Quiz: If a school’s students are passing math exams at a 52% higher rate than average, the city will… A) Encourage other schools to do whatever the successful school is doing B) Cut that school’s funding...
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
A thousand generations of parental caring stands behind a bargain with your mother. A hundred good experiences stand behind your reliance on a friend. And just as surely, the long shadow of the future hangs on your...
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
What the hell is going on in Ukraine? It’s a fair question. But not one likely to be answered on the “news.” Condemnations by politicians, calls for military threats, appeals to human interest, are mostly smoke. Much...
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Erik Voorhees lost over half a million dollars last week in the collapse of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Here is his statement: Hello friends, MtGox is gone. So let’s prepare ourselves. On Tuesday, and for the rest...
Monday, February 17th, 2014
Here are two jokes that can no longer be told on TV. First, Bob Hope, a year after the passage of the 1975 Consenting Adult Sex Bill, told this one: “I’ve just flown in from California, where...
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Mention the word ‘slavery’ and most people think of the American South from the 1600s to 1800s. But in truth, the evil of slavery has afflicted mankind all over the planet, before and after that time. According...
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
Although I am morally opposed to a bill currently awaiting a vote in the Senate, I’m in the odd position in that I will personally benefit if is passed. In fact, I will be given about $11,000....
