Read this article about the announcement earlier this week of an open source election system that was made publicly available. Now read this wee little blog post about why this isn’t providing us much in the way of guarantees. The open source nature of the code is helpful in the long run, but it provides [...]
Category Archives: Politics
The Heavy Chains of History
5/8/2007 – 8:47 pm
“Look back, and we see centuries marked by conflict, hardship, even hatred among the people of these islands,” he said in a speech beside Mr. Paisley, Mr. McGuinness and Mr. Ahern. “Look forward, and we see the chance to shake off those heavy chains of history.” Power Sharing Begins in Northern Ireland – New York [...]
Sorry, I Don't Speak Texan
12/5/2004 – 4:39 pm
Apparently, the Associated Press writers were up a little late last night… they must have been a bit slap-happy today when they wrote this article that appeared on CNN: Before church, the president, clad in a tan cowboy hat, moseyed around the Rose Garden area, his dog, Barney, in tow. Moseying. Clad. Tan cowboy hat. [...]
Alternate Realities
10/22/2004 – 9:01 pm
What has amazed me since Jesus told Dubya to invade Iraq (to take away their WMD…, no I mean, to attack the al Qaeda there… no, I mean that Freedom is on the march!) has been the popular misconception that Saddam Hussein’s regime was directly involved prevacid with the 9/11 attacks. According to a Knight-Ridder [...]
It's Good to be in D.C.
10/9/2004 – 12:43 pm
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