Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor of Human Rights Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University: A true leader expands the boundaries of possibility. Pierre Trudeau did not give us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms we were clamouring for. He gave us the Charter we never thought was possible. If leadership is the heart of …
Author Archives: paulschreiber
headline of the day
Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat
vexatious litigants
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 11 (b): By presenting to the court (whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating) a pleading, written motion, or other paper, an attorney or unrepresented party is certifying that to the best of the person’s knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances,– it …
Mad as hell, switching to Mac
Winn Schwartau ditched Windows: This is my first column written on a Mac – ever. Maybe I should have done it a long time ago, but I never said I was smart, just obstinate. I was a PC bigot. But now, I’ve had it. I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it …
grrr, mobile device
AIM’s mobile device support is teh suck: Your IM has been sent to my mobile device. When I receive it, I will be able to reply. Thanks for your IM! Want your IMs forwarded to your phone? Click here I now have a handful of people on my buddy list who are visible but aren’t …
crunch mode is bad for you
Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: Any way you look at it, Crunch Mode used as a long-term strategy is economically indefensible. Longer hours do not increase output except in the short term. Crunch does not make the product ship sooner — it makes the product ready later . Crunch does not make the product better …
Dear Greg Michetti
Yes.
hard problem?
file under “ooops”…: The US government is scrambling to find a way to close a loophole that allows convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders to receive Viagra at taxpayer expense.
so that’s what you meant by “no kill”
A woman who founded a “no-kill” animal shelter has been charged with numerous violations after 200 dead cats were discovered rotting in garbage bags in her backyard.
DHS to go low-tech
The Homeland Security Authorization Act requires that more than 50 percent of the components in any end product bought by the Department of Homeland Security be produced or manufactured in the U.S. Oops: “With this purchasing prohibition, I guess (the department) will have to learn to do without computers and cell phones,” ITAA President Harris …