After 37,258 cyber attacks against government and private networks last year, President Bush and Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff say they need $6 billion to stop attacks on Wall Street and nuclear power plants. (Here's a hint: Don't run a nuclear plant on Microsoft Windows.) The president would also like to install government sensors on private company networks. Natch, Dems don't like the plan, the Wall Street Journal reports. Not enough details, they say. But don't they know that if we give out details, the terrorists will have won?
There’s nothing delicious about taxes but there is something that this photo has in common with very high tax rates. With tomorrow being April 15th, the deadline for filing taxes in the United States,... 查看全文
The Democratic and the Republican party seem to be very different. Certainly staunch Democrats and Republicans can't seem to stand each other. Yet there seems to be one thing both parties have in comm... 查看全文
Last week I talked about the 1.1 trillion dollars that Americans owe banks in equity loans and promised to give tips on how you can get out of debt and still purchase that gorgeous catamaran you so de... 查看全文
Earlier today, Barack Obama danced on a third rail of American politics - and survived. In fact, he triumphed.Recently, the underlying identity politics of the race between an African-American and a w... 查看全文
The History News Network recently conducted a survey where 109 professional historians were asked just 2 questions. Has George Bush’s presidency been a success or a failure? And where do you rate Geor... 查看全文
Published:October 1, 2008Paper Released:August 2008Authors:Erin M. Reid and Michael W. ToffelExecutive Summary: Social activists are increasingly attempting to directly influence corporation behavior,... 查看全文
Woohoo! The Netherlands just won a big match, so in European soccer tradition, it’s time to burn something!Ok, so this was just the first match of Euro Cup 2008 for the Netherlands, but seeing as how ... 查看全文
Medical results out of Florida show that more people are dying from legal drugs than illegal ones. The Florida Medical Examiners Commission released autopsy results from 2007 that found that prescript... 查看全文
by Chas RichFiled under: Rutgers, UNC, ACC, Big EastI will spare everyone the trite, cliched statements about how everything changed seven years ago. Plenty did change, but not everything. That really... 查看全文
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!William Kristol, some kind of conservative (paleo-, neo-, whatever) advises Senator John McCain on campaign strategy. He believes the McCain staff is trapped in conventio... 查看全文