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Monthly Archives: June 2010
McChrystal’s Box
The Obama administration faces a crisis that has tested governments time and again: a general commanding a theater of operations who is not afraid to speak his mind or carve out his own direction. General Stanley McChrystal made his willingness … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Current Operations, Defense, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Military, Nations, News, Politics, United States, World Watch
Tagged administration, Afghanistan, chain of command, commander-in-chief, generational military, hereditary military, McChrystal, Military, Obama
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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100621
A bunch of rich people are going to commit half their fortunes to charity. You may not be rich, but what are you going to do? Breakup of the Hayabusa asteroid probe as it reenters the atmosphere and delivers its … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Robotics, Science and Technology, Society, Space, Updates, Worldview Web Roundup
Tagged charity, fear, liberty, personal firepower, philanthropy, probe, return, rich, Space
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Free range parenting
So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. –Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the event of his first … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Society
Tagged decisions, fear, information, kids, Lenore Skenazy, Life, living, New York City, subway, what if
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Putting one’s money, and action, where one’s mouth is
It’s a popular pastime in certain circles to bash on rich people for not helping “the poor” and it is an unusual occurance when rich people respond with an “oh, yeah, well watch this!” Yet, a group of rich people, including Bill … Continue reading
Worldview Web Roundup for 20100616
Want to capture your handwriting as a font? Here’s a step in that direction. One domestication too far? Modern dogs are dumb and we made them that way, according to researchers. On why NASA is an agency from an earlier, dead age … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Education, Farming, Food, Internet, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Space
Tagged commercial, Dogs, domestication, Education, farms, font, fresh produce, handwriting, inbreeding, lack of intelligence, nutrition, private, Quotes, Schools, space exploitation, work, Writing
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