July 2010

My ambivalence on Afghanistan has not diminished. On an almost-daily basis I feel self-contradictory and utterly torn. I never wanted to send troops to Afghanistan. A timeworn memory in this house is me, stomping around the house shaking my fist, ranting about it. It wasn’t at all helpful to the dialogue, but then-President Bush wasn’t [...]

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Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo. The fascinating thing to me about this video is the difference between the realtime capture of lightning striking three of Chicago’s tallest buildings at once, and the slower, more nuanced and detailed versions of the same event. [...]

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If you’ve been reading my blog from the early days, you know about my involvement with Julie Amero’s fight for justice. But for new readers, know this: Julie Amero was the victim of a poorly secured network, vicious malware, and a culture of suspicion and ignorance within the ranks of the law enforcement community in [...]

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