Archive for the 'politics' Category

Shut Up and Code

September 22, 2008

I tend to ignore political blogs, but sometimes one encounters politics when reading what are presumably non-political blogs. Sorry to those stumbling across this post which is written in response to such and, in the process, guilty of the same thing. Cut me some slack. I think this is only the second time I’ve touched [...]

Technology and Presidential Election: How Much Should a Candidate Know?

December 2, 2007

I came across the following article by Garrett Graff this morning. I don’t like writing about politics because it’s become so divisive, vitriolic, and confrontational in recent years, but Graff made a point I think is worth addressing.
Don’t Know Their Yahoo From Their YouTube - washingtonpost.com:
So why is it that we blithely allow our leaders [...]