What do Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Nashville have in common (probably the only thing)? They are the five U.S. cities selected to be polling places where ex-pat Iraqis in the U.S. can vote in Iraq’s upcoming so-called democratic election. I think it’s odd that you can be an American-born U.S. citizen whose [...]

Some have called it a squished Cube (remember that cool concept Mac that never sold well?), others have called it too puny to compete seriously for the low-end consumer PC market, still others have called it a godsend for the Windows-Would-Be-Switchers enamoured of their iPods but who can’t afford an iMac. I call it gender-savvy: [...]