March 9, 2014

March 9, 2014

The South by Southwest festival isn’t really on my radar but I’m intrigued by the controversy having Snowden speak has generated. I think appearing on a HUVr board tomorrow would take some of the angst out of the moment.

February 18, 2014 Extra

February 18, 2014 Extra

The wife and I are watching the second season of House of Cards on Netflix. Vice President Frank Underwood is as repugnant and corrupt as politicians come. And yet I find myself rooting for the guy. I don’t think I’m alone in this.

February 17, 2014

February 17, 2014

2008 was a breakthrough. We elected a black president. Someday–perhaps as early as 2016–we will elect a woman president, and eventually presidents of Hispanic and Asian descent. And perhaps one day scientific advances will allow us to put a clone of William Howard Taft in the White House. That guy knew how to party.