‘Men of a Certain Age,’ by a man of a certain age

December 7, 2009/

Tonight, Men of a Certain Age, the highly promoted new series on TNT, premieres at 10:00 EDT. As a man of a certain...

Month-by-month display of United States unemployment rates

December 3, 2009/

Latoya Egwuekwe at American Observer has put together a sobering visual charting the digression of unemployment in the U.S. from January 2007 through...

Thoughts on President Obama’s Afghan war speech

December 2, 2009/

Last evening President Barack Obama addressed the nation from West Point (His speech can be seen on C-Span). The focus of the last...

On Gettysburg, war and peace

December 1, 2009/

The day after Thanksgiving, I was able to visit the Civil War battlefields at Gettysburg, PA. After watching a short movie about the...

Congrats to Jordan Hortman, winner of WIRED subscription

December 1, 2009/

Congratulations to Jordan Hortman of Locust Grove, GA, winner of the martyduren.com WIRED magazine subscription giveaway. Thanks to all who participated, especially James...

Win a subscription to WIRED magazine right now

November 30, 2009/

From martyduren.com: A one year free subscription to WIRED magazine will be given to person who leaves the 25th comment on this thread....

Does your future include a sixth sense? For $350 it might

November 24, 2009/

Can humans develop a “sixth sense” for accessing information databases? Do humans need a sixth sense? What kinds of abuse could being online...

The power of one to incite stupidity

November 23, 2009/

As sports commentators will do, some game conversations will digress into banter about family, other games, politics or, if Charles Barkley is involved,...