Day October 24, 2007

None so blind as those who will not see

This law enforcement agency is so computer-phobic that only one-third of employees have Internet access at their desk while 100,000 tips in a sniper case were distributed by fax. In 2002 no less. And I believe computer crime is one…

Bangkok faces submerged future

While the ocean in Bangkok is rising 1/10 on an inch a year, about the global average, the city itself is built on clay and is sinking up to 4 inches a year. This is seriously problematic considering the city…

Why the US is losing in Iraq

Just heard a Marine interviewed on NPR about how they had planned to bring “democracy” to Iraq and thus needed to get rid of the tribal structures that have been there for hundreds of years. But they soon discovered the…