Nobody asked but … We are seeing the term “birthright citizenship” bruited about these days (Surprise! During election season … ). Politicians have discovered that you can send up a trial balloon on any topic, absurd or mundane. But more on the case at hand, POTUS claims that he can suspend “birthright citizenship” by Executive…
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“Sanction”: The Triumph of Ayn Rand’s Worst Idea
Ayn Rand is widely hated. Indeed, if you made a list of thinkers that people “love to hate,” she’d be near the top of the list. Liberals hate her. Conservatives hate her. Socialists hate her. Indeed, plenty of libertarians hate her. It’s hardly surprising, then, that she has not been broadly influential. While she has…
“Birthright Citizenship” Kerfuffle is Mostly a Get Out The Vote Tactic
In a late October interview with news website Axios, US president Donald Trump announced his intention to sign an executive order doing away with “birthright citizenship” — the notion that persons born on US soil are citizens from birth with no need for any naturalization process.
Usability
In earlier days, as a software engineer in Academia, I focused my research inquiries on usability. The most important thing I learned is that “users” are very seldom guilty of user error; they are rather victims of systematic error.
Best to Be Smart About Social Media
It’s not necessary to shun social media; just be smart. Don’t offer too much unnecessary information that the bad guys can use against you, but take advantage of the opportunities it presents. Opportunities beyond any the world has ever seen.
Redeem the Evil Days
Have you ever wondered how our time will be remembered? You start to ask this question a lot if you’ve read a lot of history. The passage of time can either paint a positive or negative picture of how you and your fellow humans spent your time and your lives.
The Pittsburgh Double Bind: Presidents Shouldn’t Be So Important
If we’re going to have a president, why not keep him or her in Washington — at a desk with a stack of paperwork, away from television cameras and smartphones — instead of centering every aspect of public life around his or her actions and utterances?
Forelle’s Rule of Web Apologistics
The need for apology on the Worldwide Web for the actions of a public figure varies inversely and proportionately to the wisdom of those actions. Apology includes defense, justification, rationalization, outrage, denial, and ad hominem attack.
An Indignity We Cannot Bear
I find the agenda and actions of the Democrats despicable. I find the agenda and actions of the Republicans despicable. What can a decent American do?
“Guilty” of Possession?
Mere possession of anything can’t be a krime. There must be possession plus… something. What “something”? To be a krime there has to be possession plus archation–possession plus an act which violates someone, and mere possession doesn’t. It can’t.