The Pragmatic Idealist

"A man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Cardinals Accused of Hacking Astros' Network   Air Force Must Cut Drone Flights Due to Lack of Pilots   Focusing on Women's Issues Shows that Everyone is Overworked   What Tim Cook Missed in his Defense of Privacy   Chip Makers Fight for Trade Deal

"It's no use saying 'we are doing our best'. You have to succeed in doing what is necessary." - Winston Churchill Royals Drawing Fans From Across the Country   Ex-FIFA Official Cites Onion Article in Self Defense   American Pharoah!   The Secret History of Seal Team 6

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A $1000 day in Paris for $100   What to Learn in College to Stay one Step Ahead of Computers   A Tech Boom Aimed at the Few, Instead of the World   A Decade After Katrina, Pointing the Finger More Squarely at the Corps

"A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes the same mistake again.  But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether." - Roy H. Williams Robotica - The Limits of Autonomous Robots   In the end, Science works Against the Patriots   Oculus to Ship VR Headset in 2016   Triumph of the Unthinking

"When spring comes, even a false spring, there are no problems except where to be happiest." - Ernest Hemingway Tests Indicate NASA's "Impossible" New Drive Will Work in Space   Baseball Aprils that Matter   The Rise of Emoji Affects Language   A Math Problem from Singapore Makes the Rounds

"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