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We’re only so smart… so we need filters to simplify stuff in the world.
The nightly news filters all the stuff coming from Iraq and elsewhere. (If you don’t know what is happening in Darfur, then your news filter may be clogged)
Radio stations filter the universe of music and give us tunes (presumably) we want […]

Waking to the news that terrorists have set off explosives during rush hour in the subway and on buses in London. Just heard back from two friends, Pierre and Lanka; both fine. Pierre passes through two of the stations that were hit. I was worried when I could not raise Pierre by cell phone […]

Just thought I’d post some of the rave reviews that are rolling in from around the globe:
“Don’t misunderestimate Gary and the dykstraNet team.”
-George Bush

“I love dykstraNet. I need your new number. Call me.”
-Paris Hilton

“dykstraNet or die.”
-pDiddy

“Hell no. I had no idea what Kojo was up to because I’ve been reading dykstraNet non-stop since March […]

Back in June, before the election, I posted on the loud noises coming from the right and the left… and posited that many of us actually exist in the middle. If you find yourself turning red or blue depending on the issue, then, according to the Mighty Middle you are not alone. This […]

I was mesmorized by an essay I stumbled upon by George Orwell written almost 60 years ago. It seems they used to give much more consideration to the power of words. This essay, written in 1946, laments the decay of the english language and prescribes some antedotes. I fear, nearly 60 years hence, we […]

At Thanksgiving, my cousin Jason told me that the Canadian immigration website was swamped on November 3rd. Check out the CNN story here.
But before you move, get a first hand perpective from an American in Canada. Here is an excerpt:

I moved to Canada after the 2000 election. Although I did it mainly for […]

This just in from the too-much-time-on-their-hands desk. Check out the kooky Brits writing letters to the great American undecided electorate (in swing counties, in swing states) in order to get them to vote for Kerry.
Question: Is a truck driving Ohioan going to listen to a crumpet eating Brit?
Question: Can you picture yourself mailing a […]

“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.”
-Noam Chomsky
“I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.”
-Noam Chomsky
“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”
-Noam Chomsky

The remainder of this post will […]