Free as in beer...
One hundred years ago, in a single "miracle year," Albert Einstein astonished the world by publishing major works in diverse areas of physics including the quantum nature of light and special relativity. To commemorate that landmark year in the history of science, The Teaching Company is releasing two free online lectures. "Einstein’s Miraculous Year" and “Relativity in a Nutshell” are presented by Professor Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College.
I put them on my iPod and listen to them in the car.
Senator Kerry calls this a "tragic milestone," and the most catastrophic of the administration's mistakes made so far. Regardless of his mistakenly voting for the war at the time, he's right. For him to turn against the Iraq war is a flip-flop I would be happy with. Hopefully he has an exit strategy, even though he's not telling us about it at the moment.
This is why Bush must be defeated in November. I realize the economy is an important issue, but compared to 1000++ dead soldiers? Come on. Not to mention 7,000++ wounded, and the 11,000++ estimated by the Iraq Body Count . This is a slam dunk, as George Tenet would say.
Prediction: if Bush is [re]elected, the U.S. will engage in pre-emptive war against Iran and/or North Korea. Is that really what we want?
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