Tumbling Into the Telechasm
When Bill Clinton assumed office nine years ago, I predicted he would enjoy one of the greatest economic booms in the history of the world. Impelled by the spread of the Internet, the onset of fiber optics, and a tenfold increase in venture capital — unleashed by the lower tax rates and deregulation of the Reagan administration — the Clinton Read More ›
Unleash Broadband
WorldCom’s impending $40 billion bankruptcy should galvanize Washington to this simple fact: For the last two years we have suffered not a mild recession but a technology depression. With 34 major bankruptcies so far and 24 more expected, the collapsing communications industry — 17% of the economy — is the prime source of a $4 trillion dollar decline in the Read More ›
Amid the Universe’s Chaos – A Few Habitable Places
It took 4.5 billion years for Earth to generate and evolve a life form that could think, reason, and finally fly off the planet. That’s a long time, even by cosmic measures. Perhaps too long. At a time when the only known sentient species has earnestly and optimistically begun to search for life on other planets, several scientists within that Read More ›
“Futile Care” and Its Friends
WHEN JOHN CAMPBELL’S TEENAGE SON CHRISTOPHER became comatose after a car accident in 1994, the last problem Campbell expected was obtaining proper medical treatment for his son. Campbell, a corporate executive, had excellent health insurance and was convinced Christopher would receive the best of care. But then something awful happened. One month after the accident, Christopher developed a burning fever. Read More ›
Medical ‘3-Strike Rule’
The Meaning of Intelligent Design
I don’t believe in God as I dont believe in Mother Goose. Clarence Darrow, Toronto, 1930 There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Bertrand Russell, Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1955 For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as Read More ›
Turning to Sources for Traditionalism
Among the pleasures of taking up space on this page is the chance, from time to time, to report on some accomplishment that might otherwise go under-noticed. When the accomplishment belongs to a friend . . .well, OK, this is a puff piece. But the pufferys deserved, because the accomplishments magnificent. Adam Pruzan works for Toward Tradition, a Seattle-based Jewish/conservative Read More ›