“Why?” Is Not The Question, Carol Schwartz. September 16, 2008

No matter their basic insignificance to you and your efforts to keep your job, Ms. Schwartz, students have absolute import in the economic efforts of the District of Columbia, even for the short abundance of time they are spending there. They work and spend taxes in that city; they spend money in that city. How patronizing to imply that students have no vested interest in the city in which they attend school, when it’s more than likely they’re the ones serving the councilwoman her coffee in the morning.

The 2009 Digital TV Transition: Flirting With Disaster September 6, 2008

That’s right; any day now, you will turn on your set, and you will see nothing but snow. And you’ll be on your way to the phone, calling BigCableCo to ask if the cable has gone out, and they will tell you that you need a box, because they’ve gone to full digital. You, and a million others on that system will overload customer service centers, be on hold for hours, and be told that you’d either have to come on down and pick up a digital box—which will bump up your bill by at least $5 (oh, and did I mention you will have to upgrade to digital service tier by default?)—or have said box delivered to your house in the dreaded four-hour appointment time frame.