Getting an important prediction right
By someone who early saw the light
In 1965 he gave us the tip.
All those transistors on a single chip.
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Showing posts with label NY Times Op-Ed. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Heads down....thumbs up?
Can we please make some room
For other than doom and gloom?
As the pessimism mushrooms
Pray that a glint of hope blooms.
For other than doom and gloom?
As the pessimism mushrooms
Pray that a glint of hope blooms.
Friday, May 8, 2015
For Whom The Polls Toll
The move to the left
Leaves Labour bereft
While Cameron's Tories
Tell troublesome stories.
Leaves Labour bereft
While Cameron's Tories
Tell troublesome stories.
Monday, May 4, 2015
UK Elections
The Brits
In fits
The electorate split
EU ties unknit.
As capitalism benefits only the few
What else is there actually to do?
Arguing that markets should be free
Will get a pol pilloried.
In fits
The electorate split
EU ties unknit.
As capitalism benefits only the few
What else is there actually to do?
Arguing that markets should be free
Will get a pol pilloried.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Admitting Error
Saying that you're wrong
In prose, not in sing-song
Is very difficult to do
Which is why it we eschew.
In prose, not in sing-song
Is very difficult to do
Which is why it we eschew.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Gail Collins on Marco Rublio's autobiography
Rob from the poor and give to the rich
That's the Tea Party's bait-and-switch.
Marco Rubio is their man.
If he can't do it, no one can.
That's the Tea Party's bait-and-switch.
Marco Rubio is their man.
If he can't do it, no one can.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Expert Witnesses Hoist on their Own Petard
When seemingly incontrovertible evidence proves flawed
The analysis of which has been done by forensic science
The federal justice system we do not applaud
Because it so trusted the methodology's reliance.
The analysis of which has been done by forensic science
The federal justice system we do not applaud
Because it so trusted the methodology's reliance.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Challenging the Economic System
If we automated income distribution
So that everybody got their checks
We'd not fear the coming of machines.
The loss of jobs would not vex.
It's only because in our system
Earnings are so tied to production
It seems obvious that the system must change
That's the necessary and logical deduction.
For if there were automation to the nth degree
So that nobody had a job
There'd be no consumers to buy the goods
There'd only be an angry mob.
Before we get anywhere near that point
Rationality will prevail, I posit.
Before that happens something else must come first
Socialists must come out of the closet.
So that everybody got their checks
We'd not fear the coming of machines.
The loss of jobs would not vex.
It's only because in our system
Earnings are so tied to production
It seems obvious that the system must change
That's the necessary and logical deduction.
For if there were automation to the nth degree
So that nobody had a job
There'd be no consumers to buy the goods
There'd only be an angry mob.
Before we get anywhere near that point
Rationality will prevail, I posit.
Before that happens something else must come first
Socialists must come out of the closet.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Where is the Sunshine?
In matters of international trade
There surely is no reason to evade
The public's scrutiny;
For it signifies that the fix is in,
Enables supporters to wield their spin,
While the throng mutinies.
There surely is no reason to evade
The public's scrutiny;
For it signifies that the fix is in,
Enables supporters to wield their spin,
While the throng mutinies.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
The Race Space
For students of color is it right
To only have teachers who are white?
If their worlds don't intersect
How will they connect?
What then of the poor student who is bright?
To only have teachers who are white?
If their worlds don't intersect
How will they connect?
What then of the poor student who is bright?
Pushy P's
Although the Koala Dad might bite
It's the Tiger Mom who gives fright.
She wants to partake
When it's the kid's choice to make.
He prefers that they're both out of sight.
It's the Tiger Mom who gives fright.
She wants to partake
When it's the kid's choice to make.
He prefers that they're both out of sight.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Why pillory Hillary?
The party of rich white men
Soon to be at it again.
Shouldn't they be fearful of the reaction
Since women make up the greater fraction?
Soon to be at it again.
Shouldn't they be fearful of the reaction
Since women make up the greater fraction?
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