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Complicated voting machines!

2006-11-152006-11-26 Ken L. Klaser

Alternate title: My first experience of voting on a Direct Recording Electronic or DRE device. On Nov 7, 2006, upon arrival at the polling place with completed sample ballot in hand, unfamiliar voting machines were visible from the doorway. I asked the poll workers if paper ballots were available. They were! They asked me if…

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Essay, hardware, Politics, Software 1 Comment

Deeper meaning in entertainment media violence?

2006-10-072006-10-23 Ken L. Klaser

Are some of us attracted to violent entertainment media? Why?

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Essay, Opinion 11 Comments

Jury Duty: A Citizen’s Solemn Obligation?

2005-06-142005-07-09 Ken L. Klaser

I remember the last several times I was called for jury duty, sitting and waiting, reading a book, filling out questionnaire forms, thinking, and more waiting: did I mention there was even more waiting?

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Commentary, Essay, News 2 Comments

ChoicePoint, Corporatism, and Welfare.

2005-05-042005-05-16 Ken L. Klaser

If Derek Smith espouses a theory that everyone is better off if “everyone can check the background of anyone else”, then he hasn’t achieved much other than to enrich his own pocket at others’ expense. Perhaps his vision of a transparent society is just another sales pitch he is using to his own and ChoicePoint’s benefit.

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Commentary, Corporatism, Essay, Politics

Thoughts on Trackbacks

2005-04-252005-04-25 Ken L. Klaser

Every weblogger with trackbacks active is currently burdened with trackback spam, but this is the first I’ve read of “semi-trackbacks” being a construct of malcontent; in fact it’s the first I’ve read of semi-trackbacks at all,

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Blog, Essay, Website 2 Comments

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