Tag Archives: Intelligence

Ineptitude or desensitization?

Posted on 21 December 2010 by dlhitzeman

Recent failed terrorist attacks (the latest apparently in Rome) seem to indicate a terrorist enemy in shambles, pressed hard on every side and scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to operatives capable of carrying out meaningful attacks, … Continue reading →

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Once upon a time

Posted on 20 December 2010 by dlhitzeman

A few years ago, I vigorously defended the power of the  government to use warrantless searches as an intelligence gathering tool against foreign nationals and their collaborators living on American soil who our intelligence agencies believed were enemy agents. I … Continue reading →

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1,667

Posted on 25 October 2010 by dlhitzeman

A week from now, National Novel Writing Month begins, which endeavor challenges its participants to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Success requires writing 1,667 words a day. Many people, mostly non-writers, ask why in the world anyone … Continue reading →

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Fructose = Dumber?

Posted on 26 September 2010 by dlhitzeman

Is the massive consumption of fructose in the modern diet making us all dumber? I’m not asking this question as a rhetorical one, but as an honest question and one that I hope is being investigated by science. It bothers … Continue reading →

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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100609

Posted on 9 June 2010 by dlhitzeman

Um, duh, the internets are making us dumber. Just don’t stop reading Worldview… DLH

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