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Warren Buffett strongly supports increasing taxes on the wealthy. In this interview in the NY Times, he has this memorable quote: “There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” I’d say that this is literally true: the current surge in military spending is disproportionately benefiting […] I am a big fan of a number of Open Source software projects, including Filezilla, Azureus, Audacity, Firefox and others. These projects are essentially staffed by volunteers, collaboratively producing software of general utility and sharing it with everyone, for free. Some reliable software is not free, for instance the POS System, you can check out […] I’ve started to turn this site into a better showcase for my work, by adding dedicated pages for my audio, video and photography. There will be plenty of changes, so please check it out every once in a while. I have been following the elections very closely, and am struck that there is a series of related issues that have not become part of the political debate, mostly related to the U.S.A. and violence. It is striking, since this is an area where the U.S.A. is an outlier, an anomaly among developed countries. I […] |
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Campaigning for Barack Obama on Main Street
I spent the weekend volunteering for the Obama campaign, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. This town is in the heart of Bucks County, one of the “must-win” counties in the coming election, according to politico.com. Main Street here is as close as you can get to the typical small-town “Main Street” that the candidates love to […]