Ed Quillen’s column
in yesterday’s Denver Post contained the seed of a simple solution to a whole bunch of Internet problems. Titled
“Internet users need an upgrade,” the article starts by observing that 71% of respondents to a recent survey believe that Congress should pass some new laws to “keep the Internet safe.” Read the rest of this entry »
Opens mouth… inserts foot? So Karl Rove finally opens his own mouth and speaks his mind, not bothering to write a script for Someone Else, letting the chips fall where they may. Has he lost his mind? Did W let him off the leash? These questions and more are being asked fairly quietly by calmer pundits not actively engaged in the current round of name-calling. Why has Rove suddenly decided to step out from behind the curtain and make himself a target? Read the rest of this entry »
Wimbledon’s chief referee, Alan Mills, is retiring at the end of this week’s tournament after 22 years of officialing the tennis world’s premier event. His parting shot is a demand for a rules change, because “grunting” by female players has gotten out of hand. Read the rest of this entry »
Detention of the “enemy combatants” at Guantanamo Bay is under increasing scrutiny, but the fundamental questions are still being ignored by the administration– and its critics. It’s time to reconsider why the Joint Task Force (JTF Gitmo) exists, in the larger context of the War on Terror. According to a report released last week by the Department of Defense, the JTF operations at Guantanamo are critical to US intelligence and security. Read the rest of this entry »
A continuing theme of Christian fundamentalists is that Darwin’s theory of evolution is only a theory and so it should not be taught as fact in schools, or at the very least other “theories” should be presented at the same time. Fundamentalists are by their nature narrow-minded and ignorant, but they seem to have a disproportionate level of influence if not actual political power. Read the rest of this entry »
Our last article generated enough discussion that we felt we could sit back, relax, and get a bit of housekeeping done. We’ve moved the February articles to the new version of Sten Gazette and added a couple of new features just for fun. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s edition of the Rocky Mountain News is a dramatic escalation in the Ward Churchill Witch Hunt. The News devotes more space to this one cause than the Washington Post ever did with the Watergate scandal. It’s possible that the revelation of “Deep Throat’s” identity made some reporters and editors at the News want to be big-time Investigative Journalists, but they picked the wrong issue and ultimately, in our opinion, seriously embarrassed themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Today’s Denver Post newspaper contained an extraordinary rendition of the news. Scattered through Section A were these stories, all of which are somewhat bemusing when read in isolation, but make a bizarre picture when read in one sitting. Read the rest of this entry »
Faithful reader and frequent commenter Old Nate takes the president to task in a comment on our article announcing the new format of Sten Gazette. It doesn’t really fit as a comment, seeming to be more a “letter to the editor,” but worthy of publication in its own right. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are reading this, you’ve found your way to the new version of Sten Gazette, running on the WordPress “semantic publishing platform,” which will give us a lot more control over the way articles are presented and organized while preserving a high level of security and privacy for readers and contributors alike. Read the rest of this entry »