I'm glad to see this being framed as a rights question.

I’m glad to see this being framed as a rights question. Oregon and Washington seem to have found a well-balanced system that is working. Links In Ill Doctor, a Surprise Reflection of Who Picks Assisted Suicide Shared with: Public

August 12, 2012 · 1 min · 39 words · Christopher Hicks

The solution to American schools is to focus on equity and kick out the private sector.

The solution to American schools is to focus on equity and kick out the private sector. Pass it on. Originally shared by Raven Amos Back in high school, I was involved briefly in the 3D demo scene with a young man I remember only by his nickname, Kit. We would drive to Anchorage to work with our team on a project that we wanted to enter in a competition held in Helsinki, Finland. Kit was elected to be our ambassador, and after receiving a single email saying he was okay and everything was going well, I never heard from him again. He was still attending school and never understood why he didn’t come back. ...

January 2, 2012 · 1 min · 132 words · Christopher Hicks

Microsoft Is A Monopoly

Microsoft may be a Monopoly, but being a commercial software vendor is far worse. Do you hate Microsoft? Do you love Linux? Do you hate AOL? Do you love Apple? Do you hate Apple? And why should any computer company make this much emotional difference to anyone? Because this technology matters. It can make your day to day life vastly better. It can make tedious tasks interesting. It can make hard task easy. It can turn sinking companies into rising ones. It can eliminate distance in personal communications. It can free the blind and deaf from their isolation. ...

November 15, 1999 · 4 min · 765 words · Christopher Hicks