HoodaThunk?

Hmmmm. Of course, the troops may be far more aware than Obama’s flock of the fact that Obama’s not their commander until 20 January.

Here’s to all of you and your families. From all of us here, we wish you a Merry Christmas. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI: May the birth of the Prince of Peace remind the world where its true happiness lies; and may your hearts be filled with hope and joy, for the Saviour [...]

I sit down to the news while out here in the Ohio valley and I see pictures of home. Or nearby, anyway. A huge, 66-inch water main has broken in Maryland near the community of Potomac, MD. The pictures on TV and on line are astonishing. My deepest appreciation goes to the rescue crews who [...]

Grrrrrrr…. It’s something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where’s the money going? But after receiving billions in aid from U.S. taxpayers, the nation’s largest banks say they either can’t track exactly how they’re spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it. “We’ve lent some of it. We’ve [...]

Scaled Composites’ latest creation, the WhiteKnightTwo, took to the air today for a 1 hour test flight. She performed beautifully. A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made its maiden test flight today at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Designed by Scaled Composites, the huge [...]

It’s the Christmas season which means it’s family travel time. We’ll be hitting the road over the next couple of days but I’m lugging the laptop along so I’ll be (hopefully) blogging even more than I have been of late.

People who know me well know that I’m a big fan of Star Trek. And yes, that includes having gone to a number of conventions in my younger days although I never dressed in the shows’ attire. I feel a fondness and familiarity toward the characters and, by extension, to the cast members who portrayed [...]

New poll up in the right-side margin. Short, sweet, and pointedly direct. Go get ‘em.

Several years ago my wife worked for a telecom company, a big-name one here in the US. Later in that career she moved to a company spun off from the main one that dealt mostly in Europe. It was during this time frame that WorldCom was going through its financial woes. WorldCom, as you likely [...]

“American Taliban” John Walker Lindh’s family is asking President Bush to pardon him and let him out of jail before Bush leaves office next month. Their reasoning? “John made a mistake in joining the Taliban.” Yeah, you could say that. You could also say that John deliberately traveled to an area known for its extremist [...]