This is a great column by Charles Krauthammer that appears on the back page of the May 10 issue of Time Magazine. It gets to the heart of what I’ve been saying for a long time—Presidents have virtually no control over the economy.
Windows Update: One Click Can Save a Lot of Trouble
Okay, look, I know that Windows is the operating system that most of you use. Fine. Who knew that 95 percent of the population was masochists?
But if you’re going to use Windows, please run Windows Update regularly! Microsoft periodically releases security updates and things like that which—if everybody installed them—would save everybody a lot of trouble.
Fleetwood Mac—Bare Trees
Fleetwood Mac is a band with a strange back-story. Originally an English blues band, later an English rock band, and finally an intercontinental English/American pop hit machine, it’s almost impossible to keep track of who was in the band in what years—or who was dating who, for that matter.
Lavigne, Avril—Let Go
Avril Lavigne stormed onto the music scene as the “anti-Britney” with her hit 2002 album, Let Go. Lavigne’s skater/punk rock persona was a welcome change in a bland pop scene, even though many of the songs on Let Go were co-written and produced by “The Matrix”—a hot production team that has worked for 98º, Ricky Martin, and, you guessed it, Britney Spears.
Parting Shot—A Farewell to George Mason University
George Mason University has a problem with my address. You see, on WebGMU—Mason’s online student information system—we have the ability to enter both our permanent and our local addresses. In theory, things meant for our parents or sent over the summer should probably go to the permanent address. Things sent during the school year should be sent to the local address.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.