Oh brother, big brother.

I have been following the news about PRISM (the US government’s program of listening in our telephone conversations and reading our emails) with interest. I find it intriguing. Others find it disturbing. Firefox (an internet browser) is seeking signatures for a petition protesting this program which it plans to present to Congress. When you go […]

Update from Whogivesadamnistan

(first published in the Budapest Times, September 28) Flags are burning. In Pakistan, children aged 6-8 (known for political awareness and judgment) are marched out of their school by their teachers to chant “Death to America” and other sound-bite slogans. Serbians are beating up ethic Hungarians. Scratch the itch and you hear the satanic word […]