Harold Pinter gave a spirited Nobel Lecture on December 12th: Everyone knows what happened in the Soviet Union and throughout Eastern Europe during the post-war period: the systematic brutality, the widespread atrocities, the ruthless suppression of independent thought. All this has been fully documented and verified. But my contention here is that the US crimes … Continue reading Pinter on US foreign policy
Donohue and Levitt are somewhat famous for their bold claim, published in the May 2001 edition of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, that legalized abortion has reduced crime. The Economist just put forward an amusing update that discusses a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston working paper and counter-claim that is based on a re-test of … Continue reading Computer controls and conclusions
After months of negotiating contracts and fees in the US for Visa PCI compliance assessments, I just ran into this odd bit of news from Canada that Visa has offered to provide free scans indefiniately. Does this mean there is no need for a certified PCI assessor if you are a Tier 2 merchant or … Continue reading Visa provides free PCI scanning service
The US Library of Congress has launched an interesting site called “Presidents as Poets“, which has information about the following men: George Washington James Madison John Quincy Adams Abraham Lincoln Jimmy Carter The collection includes an infamous poem attributed to Lincoln: To ease me of this power to think, That through my bosom raves, I’ll … Continue reading Presidents as Poets