The Turing Test
2015-05-21 – We all know about the Turing Test, don’t we? If you are not sure, let me tell you what it is. It is a test of a machine’s […]
Andy’s Obituary Got 171 Likes.
2015-05-19 – Andy’s obituary got 171 likes. Okay, I don’t really know anyone named Andy who recently died. But you know what I mean. You put a death notice on […]
If Politicians Are For We the People . . .
2015-05-17 – We’re not as dumb as we look! By “we,” I mean “We, the People.” Politicians, left and right, love to talk about We the People, from libertarians to […]
Science Can End Racism
2015-05-14 – Back in the Sixties I read a book called Black Like Me by a journalist by the name of John Howard Griffin. The book recounted the white author’s […]
The Voice(s) of a People?
2015-05-12 – I haven’t said much in this blog about Israel. Although I strongly believe in the right of Jews to a nation among the nations of the world, I’m […]
An Eye for an Eye, the Joint for a Joint?
2015-05-10 – Sometime during the last year or so, conservatives and liberals woke up to the fact that the United States has altogether too many people in prison. Conservatives regard […]
What Happened to Right and Wrong?
2015-05-07 – They like to blame it on liberals and academics. Moral relativism is what’s tearing our society apart. There’s no right and wrong anymore. That’s what they say. And […]
Dog Traffic Control
2015-05-05 – I am writing this from seat 29F on an American Airlines flight from Chicago to Raleigh-Durham, NC. I like to look out the window once in a while […]
No Trophies Just for Participating?
2015-05-03 – There’s an ecard floating around the Internet that goes like this: “I’m afraid of a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies […]
Ice Cream Is Not Natural, War Is
2015-04-30 – Ice Cream is not natural. I hate to break it to you. And, no, I don’t care if it says natural on the package. The package isn’t natural. […]
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