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Call me sentimental, but there was a time when people were valued for their accomplishments. Old fashioned metrics like strength, intelligence and skill were important. What is the measure of any man or woman today? It only seems to matter how “nice” one is.

"Hey-hey, ho-ho, ignorance and hate have got to go!" So went the chant at the recent “peace” rally at the Claremont Colleges.

Remember the technotopian promises of the late 1990s? Technologists promised an end to the office, as 21st century telecommunications would enable everyone to work from home.

Looking me in the eye, the boy extends his withered arm toward me. Between a patchwork of scabs and abscesses running from shoulder to wrist, bubbles and boils of necrotic flesh look ready to fall away. Leprosy. An affliction so distant as to seem mythical, but in the horizon spanning slums of Delhi and throughout India, a frequent sight.

Almost every traveler to Thailand grows enamored of the kingdom. Looking at the diversity of Bangkok, which trumps Los Angeles, shows many have chosen to stay.

Beware the spectre of continuity. After looking at mortal vulnerabilities in the electronic voting systems being prepared for the coming election cycle, I dare to overstate the case against them.