
It's always unfortunate when you have to add insult to injury by revoking the driver's license of a person who has just lost part of their vision due to a stroke, brain tumor, or other intracranial disease.
It is not at all uncommon to [...]

I recently rebuilt my PVR, which contains a Hauppauge PVR-150 with remote. In order for the Hauppauge remote to control my Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2200 settop box (STB), I have to connect a infra-red (IR) emitter from the Hauppauge to the STB, placing the emitter directly [...]
Watch out! It looks like once again the Thought Police have been unleashed. This time, it was a politically incorrect remark made by James Watson, who in 1962 won a Nobel prize for discovering the structure of DNA, that has triggered the uproar.
Boy, this was a real cliffhanger. It’s finally official, Bayh has endorsed Hillary for the Democratic presidential nomination, and she has reciprocated by naming him a co-chair of her campaign. All that’s left for this little political dance to play itself out is for her to [...]
The 2008 Presidential campaigns are in full swing and talk of “political elites” and “Washington insiders” is everywhere. It’s not unusual to hear stuff like the following from the candidates.Real change starts with being honest – the system in Washington is rigged and our government is broken. It’s rigged [...]
Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 [...]
I was struck by news reports of “brainwashed” children being held by terrorists during the recent siege of the Red Mosque in Pakistan. Apparently, the mosque houses a private school where parents who desire a traditional Islamic education can send their children. All seemed well until [...]
I just finished reading “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades” by Robert Spencer (link). I had originally learned about Spencer when he was interviewed on C-SPAN a while back. I have checked out his Jihad Watch web site a few times, [...]
That is one of the greatest problems with liberals having political power. They are full of good intentions, but they consistently come up short with practical solutions to real-world problems.
There has been much made recently about the polarization of American politics (link, link). The current political climate has been characterized variously as lacking civility, hyperpartisan, the "politics of division", and so forth. Political veterans frequently reminisce about the good old days [...]
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Indiana is a red state. It is the heartland of America -- fly-over country. It is about as wholesome a place as you can find. Musicians and moviemakers frequently make reference to Indiana whenever they want to evoke images of small town America. Indiana is the last [...]
As we move into the Brave New World of the Information Era, a battle is brewing between those industries that profit from restricting the free flow of knowledge and information and those that are now making information freely available over the internet. The Motion Picture [...]