Look, Bush won. It’s not the end of the world. America is not going to come crashing down. We’re not going to get drafted. The nations of the world are not going to stop talking to us. Social Security is not going to disappear. The middle class is not going to get a tax hike. Etc. The New York Times or NPR would give you a more centrist and rational take on this election than most people my age seem to have taken.
The Myth of the Mistake-Free War
There’s a great commentary piece by Michael S. Malone over on ABCNews.com (linked above) about how impossible it is to wage a war without making mistakes. Malone doesn’t talk about whether the war in Iraq was justified (and says he won’t talk about it), but talks instead about the nature of war in general.
Fairfax County Bond Referendums, 2004
Citizens of Fairfax County, Virginia (myself included) will be voting on four bond referendums on November 2. For more information about all four, please click the link at the bottom of this endorsement.
CNET Publishes Misleading Information About Mac “Virus”
CNET, paragons of minimal research, today published an article titled Mac users face rare virus about a piece of malware that has only verifiably “infected” one Macintosh. This so-called security threat, named “Opener” or “Renepo,” IS NOT A VIRUS.
Rare Rail Fracture Shuts the Red Line
When they call it a “rare” fracture, that means that this particular type of rail fracture is rare. Metro, with its increasingly degraded service, has rail fractures all the time lately.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.