Who wants to use a service that lies, cheats, and steals from them? I mean, a service other than Facebook, right? Because that’s what Facebook has been doing for years. Lure you in, get your data, pictures, friends, and then, they change the rules. It’s scary, it’s creepy, it’s dishonest, and it’s made Zuckerberg one […]
Archives for November 2011
The Daily Show reports on Occupy Wall Street
November 30, 2011 by
In case you missed it, The Daily Show did a segment on the Occupy Wall Street movement before OWS was kicked out of the park. Guess what? They weren’t so different from the current status quo. Check it out:
Book Review: “In My Time” by Dick Cheney
November 28, 2011 by
What will history think of Dick Cheney? That jury’s still out, I think, but I know one thing: Cheney is doing his best to steer the criticism. I’ll be honest: I only read this up until the chapter when Cheney starts his account of 9/11 and its aftermath. At that point, I decided that his […]
Book Review: “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann
November 27, 2011 by
I’ll be the first to admit that my interests in the historical have generally been Eurocentric, especially the Roman Republic and Empire. Recently, though, I found reason to pick up Charles C. Mann’s “1491,” and I have had a hard time putting it down since. The children’s nursery rhyme reminds us that “In 1492, Columbus […]
Book Review: “Theodore Rex” by Edmund Morris
November 26, 2011 by
To read the first in Edmund Morris’ biographical series on Theodore Roosevelt (see my review here: “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt“), one might be left with the feeling that it was inevitable that Teddy someday become President. Individuals from his German tutor while he studied abroad to those who came into contact with him while […]
Meet Senator Casey Anderson of Utah’s 28th Senate District
November 23, 2011 by
This is the first in a series of posts on interviews of Utah’s elected officials. In addition to high-profile candidates, Utah has a lot of elected officials whose quiet work goes unsung. With these posts, I hope to shine a light on the personalities that make up Utah’s leadership, not only on their work in […]
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