January 1st, 2009
The new era of IPCI theft
We were recently on a farm. One of the concerns we heard expressed was that as we slide into the depression (if we believe the economic indicators) racing toward us [...]
January 1st, 2009
Avoiding the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC debacle
As anyone not locked in a closet is aware, Bernard Madoff was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors something on the order of $50 billion. Wall street [...]
January 1st, 2009
The Unbreakable Umbrella
We have written in the past (see the November and December 2006 issues of ÆGIS) of the virtues of a cane for self-defense. While the cane is an appropriate emergency [...]
August 1st, 2008
Vopt 9
Vopt 9 Golden Bow $40.00 http://www.goldenbow.com/ 1-619-298-9349 There are two easy ways to maximize the power of your computer. The first is to have as much memory as possible, and [...]
August 1st, 2008
Illness and guns
Recently this editor became (and still is) seriously ill. The good news was that any illness whose symptoms in any manner suggest a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever tends not to be [...]
August 1st, 2008
Sights for concealed-carry guns
As readers know, we do not own, keep, or carry guns for personal protection. On the other hand, we are occasionally forced to carry guns as part of our professional [...]
August 1st, 2008
Sharing the news in China
As part of the Olympics, hotels providing Internet access are being required by the Chinese government to install software to capture everything you send and receive. While those who travel [...]
August 1st, 2008
AML implementation issues
Someone we know pointed out that we had been saddled with the rather onerous Sarbanes Oxley not because companies were bad at record keeping, but because companies had been engaging [...]
July 1st, 2008
Who Speaks for Islam?
Who Speaks for Islam? John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed GallupPress ISBN: 978-1-59562-017-0 222 pages $22.95 http://www.gallup.com/press/104209/Who-Speaks-Islam-What-Billion- Muslims-Really-Think.aspx Religion per se clearly does not fall into the bailiwick of this [...]
