C-SPAN’s Washington Journal broadcast an excellent program on the “Domestic Use of Drones” coinciding with AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013, a trade show in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. On display were the latest in…
Author: Eric F. Frazier
Eric F. Frazier is an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.
To Kill or Not to Kill?
Every time I get comfortable with the idea of abolishing the death penalty—an expensive, flawed practice that kills an unknown number of innocent people—along comes someone who commits a crime so heinous and who is so obviously guilty beyond doubt…
E-books vs. P-books
“The truth is that the book is an exceptionally good piece of technology—easy to read, portable, durable, and inexpensive.” — James Surowiecki, on why paper books are likely to coexist with electronic books for a long time to come. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/07/29/130729ta_talk_surowiecki…
Can Twitter Rescue Diplomatic Bombast?
In 1960, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech at the United Nations, where he banged his shoe and declared, “We will bury you!” Although later deemed a mistranslation of what was closer in meaning to a vow that communism…
Nonverbal communication
I just read this headline: “Scientists say our languages might preserve Neanderthal talk.” — My immediate reaction: “uh-huh.” Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Blindsided!
How and When Will the World End? The Atlantic asked a variety of thought leaders. I liked this answer from nuclear scientist Taylor Wilson: “I think it’ll be what we don’t see coming—a killer asteroid, a nearby gamma-ray burst, or a…
Security & Privacy
“You can’t have 100-percent security and also have 100-percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We’re going to have to make some choices as a society.” — President Barack Obama, commenting on NSA surveillance programs during a June 7, 2013, press conference…
A Hostile Nation?
“We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.” – George W. Bush, campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 21, 2000. Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Palin on Ground Zero Mosque
“Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” –Sarah Palin via Twitter, July 18, 2010. Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
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