Which is more important – the outcome or the instrument?
The New York Times recently had an article about suicides and the fact that many thousands of people die every year from suicides using a gun than through person-on-person gun violence. One commentor...
View ArticleIvy Infestation of Trees – Who is taking care of this?
While millions of dollars are being spent by the Mayor McGinn and by the City Council promoting and undertaking projects that predominately benefit business interests, the city’s streets, common areas,...
View ArticleDescriptive Video Exchange – From Your Eyes and Mouth to Their Ears
Revolutionizing Video I had never heard of this problem before, but upon reflection it makes sense. There is a growing and unmet need to expand the accessibility capacities of video in such a way that...
View ArticleRiver Teeming with Flots-Ham and Jets-Ham
Year of the the Pig The Shanghai River is swirling with a repulsive bit of floating trash, at least a couple thousand plus dead pig bodies and associated detritus. It will be nice when this part of...
View ArticleHere a word, There a word
Emily Bazelon’s essay in the New York Times is about a topic that I often think about, how certain words and topics for the better part of two decades have been and are being redefined to mean things...
View ArticleFree Market Solution – Quick Medical Help and Care
Doctors "worried about the quality of medical care" - Everyone wants a monopoly for their business. Doctors are no different. Attempting to rely on their "good doctor side" to sell their concern, but...
View ArticleThe New Bermuda Triangle – South East Asia?
Increasingly it appears that the South East Asian region has become the new Bermuda Triangle, the much vaunted vortex where air and sea bound vessels and their human cargoes either mysteriously...
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