Wash Park Prophet

Some mundane programming issues have really cool names. One of them is the Harry Potter problem . In his latest post, Greg talks about the ...

One of the more off color arguments for U.S. Senator Kerry in his race for the Presidency in 2004, was that as a sailor in the U.S. Navy he ...

An attorney for an accused terrorist plotter in New York is appealling an order in pre-trial proceedings in the criminal trial to disclose ...

"Don't Let The door Hit You On The Way Out.", is how a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals judge sums up current U.S. Immigration po...

I join the blogosphere in bidding a fond farewell to Colorado Luis's blog. Luis has been a valueable guide for me in blogging and the v...

The Humvee was the American successor to the jeep. It entered service in 1985 , as one of the last major military systems purchased in the...

General relativity predicts an effect known as frame dragging, also known as gravitomagnetism. Just as electrical charges in motion can cre...

The Tax Form Status Quo There are three main federal tax forms for individuals in the United States. They are: the 1040EZ, the 1040A, and t...

General Motors wants to cut about a quarter of its hourly work force in the United States by 2008 and is offering workers a buyout plan to ...

If you put your fortune in foreign accounts or trusts, beyond the reach of U.S. Court, and the court doesn't believe that you don't ...

There are actually two candidates running for the Democratic ticket in the Colorado Attorney General's race against Republican John Suth...

Audit rates are based on periodic comprehensive examinations of large samples of taxpayers of each type to determine which examinations are ...

Via Colorado Pols : • March 27: First day to begin circulating candidate petitions for Primary Election. • April 1-20: County Assemblies (cl...

Not all soldiers deserve our support. (Emphasis added in excerpt below). The military says about 12 Marines are under investigation for po...

I don't make donations to political candidates on the spur of the moment. I have a limited budget, consider where my meager funds would...

The Bush Administration has backed away from its "we don't torture people, but we'll accept confessions obtained with torture ...

Democrat Deanna Hanna formally ended her State Senate term with a resignation on Tuesday , after controversy arose over the nature of her re...

I am off, in just a little while, to my local Democratic Party caucus. I previewed the issues, not many, previously .

The author of the Defense Tech blog has a front page story in Popular Mechanics . Bottom line: The administration may talk the talk on the ...

Historical map of Ottoman provinces of Musul, Baghdad and Basra. Ottoman provinces of Diyarbekir and Musul in 1914, four years before Iraq w...