Gongol.com Archives: May 2016
May 17, 2016
A matter of grave concern for the rest of the Western Hemisphere. Not only is the country economically important (as a major producer of oil), but it also has the potential to create a lot of disturbance. And, critically, there is an enormous human cost of suffering that has been building under the country's profound mismanagement by a corrupt and mindless government.
A selfie shouldn't have to be an act of political defiance
Yet it is in Iran, where women are being harassed by the authorities for posting pictures of themselves without head coverings
Sen. Bernie Sanders flies Eastern Airlines
The photographs aren't vintage -- just the livery. His campaign is using a plane bearing the markings of the once-defunct, now-revived heritage airline
Gannett tries to squeeze Tribune
One newspaper publisher tries to ensnare another with a higher bid for its stock
Technology as human adjunct, not replacement
When humans identify the recyclable products inside a waste stream and robots do the physical picking, the process goes much faster and more effectively than either humans or machines alone can achieve