Two days ago I read of the announcement that wifi internet access will be deployed across all of Amtrak’s Acela trains.
My first reaction was a reflexive appreciation of progress. I’m a fan of travel by train when I can afford it, and I can schedule my travel such that an Acela ticket does not cost [...]
I’ve been reading this interview with Ray Kurzweil, a futurist/technologist/scientist who’ve been aware of for a while and whose ideas I am interested in. I lack the depth to fully endorse or innovate or thoroughly critique them, but I think I can take on little bits. In this case, an important tangent where I think [...]
In the District of Columbia Tax Day traditionally brings out local activists who wish to highlight for the resurgent masses of tourists and the media the plight of the local citizens: true taxation without representation. DC Statehood and representation activists typically call up the image of the Bostom Tea Party in making this point, but [...]