One of the best thought leaders in todays Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is Thomas P. Barnett who has written two books on the subject that I highly recommend, “The Pentagon’s New Map” and “Blueprint for Action” .
His premise is that today’s terrorism is an extremist response to globalization, primarily because globalization’s march exposes cultures to new values and the most sensitive of those values is how women are treated. Cultures that have embraced globalization typically have women that are educated and participating in leadership roles in government …

This is really a great time to be a programmer. With the combination of all the Web 2.0 apis plus great OSS code sitting out there, one guy can hammer out cool services, create neat-o value, and then flip it to Yahoo.
Congrats to Lucas Gonze whose 1-man shop did it all w/ zero funding. Rock on baby! Too bad he’s going to relocate to the mainland. Damn.
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Want a tutor for your kids? Why not pick a PhD in India? Read this Wired story, “E-Tutors: Outsourcing the Coach” and tell me the Earth isn’t flat.