Reigious Crackdown in Russia

Today’s New York Times has a saddening article about diminishing religious freedoms in Russia. While the constitution provides for freedom of religion, the Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelming power over Vladimir Putin’s government, which it is quietly using to persecute and eliminate other religious denominations, calling them “sects” in the derogatory. Some protestants get random … Read more

On Pennsylvania

It looks like Hillary Clinton won by about a 10% margin tonight in Pennsylvania. She went in with a huge lead, and the Obama camp was able to win part of that back. However, in the grand scope of things, this is not a “winner takes all event” – as a matter of fact, at … Read more

Circumaural Headphones

Any suggestions on circumaural headphones (cans that go all the way over the ear) in the $50-150 price range? I’m looking for something that works well for both audio production and portable use with an iPod.

Calm

I spend way too much time making plans for my future. Much of my finite existence is spent storing up for something better for myself in the future. And in all of that time, I think I let a lot of precious moments pass by. For some reason, I have recently felt existence – both my … Read more

Tibet Protest Photos

Wikileaks released a large collection of photos from the Tibetan protests in China from March 14-17. The site promptly went down. This may be from the flood of people viewing the images, or it may be from a Chinese denial-of-service attack in an attempt to censor the images contained. I have mirrored the collection here.  … Read more