Lab Rat Code

My older son has gone back to school to study IT, and we occasionally discuss his courses or internship (though not his homework). As a graphic artist, musician, gamer, and box-builder, he is an experienced user, but thinking as a programmer is new to him. Therefore I find his perspective on programming an interesting counterpoint [...]

Protect Innocence against Persecuting Assault

Convenience stores sometimes get robbed. That’s wrong. But suppose lobbyists for the convenience store industry got congress to pass legislation that would authorize the stores to: Keep assault weapons under the counters; Use them at will under a “shoot first, ask questions later” policy; and Exempt them from responsibility for using deadly force if they [...]

Stop Oligopolies and Paranoia, America

There was a time when saying, “This is a nation governed by law“, brought honor and pride. That statement was associated with many others, such as, “All persons are equal before the law“, that emphasized that the same rules applied to everyone, regardless of economics, education, race, or any of the other attributes that in [...]