The Pragmatic Idealist

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." - Paul Valery   Cyber Warfare   Less Hype, More Money in Data Science   Gordon's Homer One of 2015's Longest   History Weighs Heavily on Justices as They Consider Same Sex Marriage

"A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time." - Mark Twain How Success Almost Killed a Game   Claws v. Feathers   Connecticut - First in Flight?   Google Expected to Face Antitrust Charges in Europe

"I have the simplest tastes.  I am always satisfied with the best." - Oscar Wilde Last Stand for House that Wouldn't Budge   Gilded Age Redux   High Tech Home Services   Hackathons   Royals Game!

"The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt." - Thomas Merton The World According to Xi Jinping   Missing Sailor Found After More than Two Months at Sea   California Imposes Water Restrictions   semi-Autonomous Driving has Arrived