The war in Iraq has been won

THERE is a reason Iraq has almost disappeared as an election issue. Read More

Media Casualties Mount As War Success Continues

The ranks of print, web and broadcast pundits and journalists continue to be decimated by enemy action as the war progresses. The total number of casualties are becoming almost uncountable, and are overwhelming the limited field emergency facilities. This reporter got a first-hand view of the devastation and tragedy in a visit to a typical field hospital. Read More

The Evolution Of Democracy

Twenty years ago, a political science professor at the University of Michigan came out with a seminal book titled the Evolution of Cooperation.

In it, he described how cooperative strategies could have evolutionary-beneficial consequences, and thus be selected for. In particular, via a series of computer game tournaments in which algorithms were submitted to play an extended iterated prisoner's dilemma, he identified a strategy that was the most successful called "Tit for Tat" (TFT). (Read the link for information as to how the game works.)
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New Labor Law

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Searching For The Best Engine

A global effort is underway to invent a better way of finding things on the Web. Could Google be vulnerable? Read More

Brits outsource health care

Rejecting 'free' health care in favor of Malaysia


One difference in the attitudes of Canadians and the British is the Canadians get offended if I knock their health care.

Brits agree.


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