U.S. Extending North Korea Nuke Deadline

"The United States is willing to give North Korea a few more days to meet its commitments after Pyongyang appeared to miss a deadline Saturday to shutter a nuclear reactor, a senior U.S. official said. Under a February 13 multilateral deal, Pyongyang agreed to shut down its...

Online TV Gets a Jolt from Joost

"As if there aren't already enough ways to watch TV, the serial entrepreneurs behind Kazaa and Skype have announced Joost, which proves that there is no shortage of incomprehensible yet catchy five-letter names. The brainchild of Kazaa and Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and...

Iranian expat asks, "what to do about Iran"

"There is no shortage of proposals regarding what to do about the present Iran conundrum. Some proposals are authored by experts such as Henry Kissinger, while others are put forward by a variety of lesser luminaries. I am one of the lesser luminaries. I have been observing...

The Improbability of God

"By way of attacking his position, the atheist often hears the line from theists that, “You can’t prove there’s no such thing as god.” The wholly logical response, of course, is to admit the theist’s point. However, it is important to note that the...