Sunday, March 30, 2008
A revealing comment by Dick Cheney
Wednesday, March 19, 2008:
Martha Raddatz, ABC’s Good Morning America: Two-thirds of Americans say [the Iraq War is] not worth fighting.
Vice President Dick Cheney: So?
Politics
Monday, March 17, 2008
The Water Engine
About thirty years ago, David Mamet wrote a play about a man who invents an engine that runs on water. (Dwight Schultz of The A-Team played the inventor on stage at the Public Theater, and William H. Macy played him for a cable production.) I haven’t seen it, but I gather that things don’t go well for the inventor and his invention when they run up against the forces of capitalism.
Now a researcher from Pennsylvania named John Kanzius has found a way to burn salt water by exposing it to radio waves of a certain frequency. (Kanzius had been investigating the use of radio waves to treat cancer.) It’s not clear whether this method will ever produce more energy than it uses, but it’s surprising and encouraging that seemingly simple discoveries like this are still being made. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for the continuing health and safety of Mr. Kanzius.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Obama won Texas?
The major news media have been reporting for a week that Hillary Clinton has saved her campaign and built momentum by winning the primaries in Ohio and Texas. But now NPR has reported that she may not have won Texas after all. She won the popular vote but apparently lost the caucus vote, which could leave her with 95 delegates to Obama’s 98. According to NPR, it may not be sorted out until June.
Meanwhile, the constant repetition of what is, at best, a half-truth continues to shape the opinions of people who don’t dig deeper — along with half-truths (or worse) like “Hillary has more experience” (because she was First Lady?) and “Obama doesn’t have detailed proposals.”
