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My alma mater has been hit with a racial discrimination lawsuit, joining such esteemed victims as The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, Home Depot, Georgia Power and Waffle House. Five blacks who either work for BellSouth now or did in the past, claim the company used “unvalidated tests in a discriminatory manner to deny African-American employees opportunity for … [Read more...] about May 6, 2002: The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions. Just ask BellSouth

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Abdullah, who runs a country that thinks we still live in the 14th Century, came to Texas recently to lecture President George W. Bush, on how to run his country. He told the president that if the United States doesn’t back off from its support of Israel, our relationship with the Arab nations would suffer. As far as the majority of Americans are … [Read more...] about Apr. 29, 2002: Saudi Arabia Needs to Get With the Program

Our Ambassador to Outer Space has outdone herself this time. Cynthia McKinney, the loudmouth congresswoman from Georgia’s 4th District who wouldn’t recognize shameful conduct if it bit her on the backside, says President Bush may have received advanced warnings of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and chose to do nothing about it. If reincarnation exists, this woman is coming … [Read more...] about April 15, 2002: Ambassador to Outer Space Is At It Again

Well, you knew it had to happen sooner or later. According to the Associated Press, some pointyheads at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have begun work on a robot reporter. Evidently, our lives aren’t fulfilled enough talking to recordings instead of live human beings whenever our power, telephone or cable goes haywire. Now, we are going to have some gadget … [Read more...] about April 8, 2002: Robot News Is Here