Archive for August, 2008
Video Games, Nintendo Wii, John McCain and Grand Theft Auto IV
“It’s 95 degrees in Santo Domingo and I’ve had a few problems lately with electricity, water and internet. Thus, I’m exhausted and am taking the day off! Here’s a completely off-topic but interesting post from one of my former students-turned-entrepreneur about gaming. Senator McCain admits to being technologically illiterate. I wonder what he would think [...]
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Vote or Lie
I’ve received a few emails asking what I think about recent polls showing Obama and McCain in a tight election race. My answer – What race? The 2008 Presidential race hasn’t yet started in earnest. Neither side has announced their Vice Presidential pick (each is probably waiting for the other to blink first), there are [...]
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2 Things That will Never Happen: Punishing the Mohammed Cartoonists and Reforming the Muslim World (Part III of III)
(If you haven’t read parts I and II of this post please go back and do so now. If not, the wrap-up may not make a whole lot of sense to you.)
Believe it or not my intention here was not to insult Kourosh or anybody else, although I surely have just by mentioning the double [...]
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2 Things That will Never Happen: Punishing the Mohammed Cartoonists and Reforming the Muslim World (Part II of III)
If you haven’t read Part I of this post you need to do so immediately. I’m on a roll and don’t have the time or patience to summarize. So, let’s jump right in where I left off yesterday.
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2 Things That will Never Happen: Punishing the Mohammed Cartoonists and Reforming the Muslim World
If you haven’t already read the past exchanges between Iranian blogger Kourosh Ziabari and I you can start here. For everyone else, I’ll assume you’re up to speed. Before I get started there are two issues which I feel obliged to mention. First, I do not claim to speak for all Americans and I’m sure [...]
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A Question for Kelly Pickler: Do People in Hungary Eat Turkey?
“I’m thinking about selling everything I got, buying a car and driving to Germany. They say it’s nice there.”
In many settings, the above quote would be perfectly reasonable. However, these words were spoken by a fellow soldier during basic training in 1989 at Fort Benning, Georgia and he was from Louisiana. See the problem [...]
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