Define the chemical structure of something, understand the dynamics of its reproduction, and you unlock the biology of the thing. In this case the flu virus.

You don't need grown-ups. The kids are alright. The kids who launched the thing weren't flukes. They had the right stuff all along.

The explosion in the center moves outward, and pushes the poor out with it. Some hang on, older folks may move out with relatives who have "made it" in the suburbs, and a new ring of poverty forms, at the edge. These were the original "edge city" developments, around an Interstate highway that may be known as the "loop" or "perimeter." The poor cluster beyond this edge, in older suburbs, and this ring, too, starts moving outward.

This is the kind of issue open source politics was built for. These are the kind of personal and financial links that just did not see the light of day when you had to pay the costs of print or TV time. But with the Internet, they are available. And so is the means to disseminate it to everyone who cares how slow their broadband is, and how high its price is. And so is the means to activate that base, and point them in the direction of reform.

Re-creating the creative force of the 1990s is central to getting our economic mojo back, and to taking the battle to our economic rivals.

Jimmy Carter is a litmus test of what we are as people, and most Americans are still failing. Until we address the subjects he is addressing -- address them seriously -- we can't make progress against our real problems.

The HurriQuake nail has a bigger head, small barbs, and a tiny screwshank near the top. They are also made of high quality carbon steel. The resulting nail, when used in a house (at a cost increase of $15 on a 2,000 square foot home) can take twice the stress of an average nail, which can make all the difference when you're talking about Gulf Coast hurricanes or West Coast earthquakes.

You specialize in one subject all your life. You know only one set of assumptions for how things should proceed. When anything comes along that contradicts your worldview, you are unable to question yourself as you do others.

Moore's Law, as I see it, means that things get faster-and-faster faster-and-faster. You double four to get 8, you double 8 to get 16, and the second doubling gives you twice as much improvement as the first. That's the way numbers work.

It was Fiorina who brought Patricia Dunn into H-P. It was Carly Fiorina who looted that company, who destroyed the shareholders' value, and who is ultimately responsible for what has happened since. No one should listen to a damned word she says.