Archive for July, 2005

My Feelings About The CIA Leak

Monday, July 11th, 2005

You have probably heard something about the ongoing investigation regarding the publishing of a CIA operative's name in a nationally syndicated column a couple of years ago. The original story itself is fairly straightforward; the legal morass that has resulted is certainly not. In February 2002, Joseph Wilson was sent by ...

Bob Woodward’s The Secret Man

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

I read Bob Woodward's new book, The Secret Man, this weekend, and all I can say is, what a story. The Secret Man details Bob Woodward's relationship with W. Mark Felt, the former number two man at the FBI who recently revealed that he was Deep Throat, the famous secret ...

My First Solo Run

Saturday, July 9th, 2005

I accomplished a small personal goal today by making it on my first solo three mile run. Up to this point, I had been relying on the Nike Runs for an excuse to go running, but now that the first series of Nike Runs are over, I am forced to ...

Internet Sales Tax?

Friday, July 8th, 2005

Charles Cooper wrote an opinion piece over at CNet about the possible imposition of a future sales tax for purchases made over the Internet. It does not appear as though anything is imminent, but moves are being made in this direction that may stick in the not so distant ...

A Perfect Example of Wikipedia’s Merit

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

You have probably already heard about the bombings that rocked London's mass transit system this morning. In quite amazing fashion, Wikipedia is already hosting a detailed entry describing these bombings. The article contains a time line, information about causalities, descriptions of the various responses to the bombings, and a collection ...

A Potential Glitch In The Matrix

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

I rented a U-Haul last night to go pick up some things Ariele and I bought on Craig's List for our new apartment. Mike did me a huge favor by coming along to help move stuff out of these people's apartments into the U-Haul (a mattress, box spring, head board, ...