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Why do so few people major in computer science?

In 2005, about 54,000 people in the US earned bachelor’s degrees in computer science. That figure was lower every year afterwards until 2014, when 55,000 people majored in CS. I’m surprised not only...

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Thinking of Quitting Information Technology

1: StressDon't let anyone ever tell you that a career in IT is easy going. It's a rare occasion that someone will have a job in the IT field where there isn't stress. Remember, IT is disaster...

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Finish the Wall

The senator was adamant."People should not have to force the federal government to live up to our responsibilities to enforce our borders and our laws. Period," she said."We do not have the luxury of...

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When All Else Fails, Democrats Resurrect the Russia Trump Collusion Hoax

Since Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Democrats in Congress, their voters, and the anti-Trumpers have spent the last three years trying to delegitimize his administration with their phony smear that...

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I'm done supporting local businesses ~ you sucked me dry!

In my teens and 20s, I used to spend all my money on department stores, game stores buying everything like clothes, dvds, videogames and none online. That was up until 2011-2012. Stores used to price...

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Bernie Sanders a Leninist Communist

    CNBC’s Jim Cramer believes Wall Street should be much more afraid of Bernie Sanders in the White House of than of Elizabeth Warren.    Sanders is “basically doing a socialist agenda,” says Cramer....

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Bernie Sanders, the Last Jewish Bolshevik.

For anyone who spent at least some part of their sentient years in the former Soviet Union, listening to Bernie Sanders delivering his sermons brings a sense of unsettling déjà vu. The style of his...

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Is This How Europe Ends?

"Fortress Europe is an illusion."So declares the Financial Times in the closing line of its Saturday editorial: "Europe Cannot Ignore Syrian Migrant Crisis."The FT undertakes to instruct the Old...

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Joe Biden Is an Angry Old Man Who Doesn't Like You

Well, so much for the "Joe Biden is such a nice guy, he'll bring back civility to the political discourse" argument.Just hours before he declared a "revival of decency and honor and character" during...

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Government Outlaws Freelance Work

Freelance jobs are "feudalism," says California AssemblywomanLorena Gonzalez.She persuaded California's legislature to pass a new law reclassifying freelance workers as employees. That means many...

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Three Reasons Joe Biden Will Never Be President

Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on Jan. 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until Jan. 15, 2009 -- a span of 36 years. Ifhistory is any guide, that alone is a disqualifier in Biden's...

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Pushes Back on Chinese Propaganda: We Accurately Call...

During an interview with conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt Monday morning, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu pushed back on the Chinese Communist Party and explained how officials in his country...

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Canada Closes Borders Amidst COVID-19

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada will close its borders to non-Canadian citizens, with exceptions for immediate family members, diplomats, air crews, United States...

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Movies I've Seen: 2020 edition

1                    Alien            8.4        19792                    Hak hap            6.1        19963                    A Bridge Too Far            7.4        19774                    A...

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Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic Demonstrates Who Are The Idiots

There’s nothing like a hideous pandemic to reaffirm what we always knew…    Communists are terrible.    Our establishment is terrible.    Our media is terrible.    Democrats are terrible.    Never...

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U.S.-Mexico Agree to Shut Down Border Over Wuhan Coronavirus

Speaking from the White House Friday afternoon President Trump and officials from the Department of Homeland Security announced Mexico and the United States have reached an agreement to close the...

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Telling a young person to 'Just get a job' is like going to the Sahara and...

In a society where it's considered rude to answer "yes" to the question "Does anyone want the last scone?" (especially if they're at the next table, I've learned), it's amazing how many people will...

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GameStop Is A Hive Of Villainy

GameStop is nearing the end of its sad existence, and the only appropriate move when it finally goes bankrupt will be to toast to its demise. To describe GameStop as struggling to maintain any manner...

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Must We Kill the Economy to Kill the Virus?

"We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself," tweeted the president on Sunday night, adding that, after the current 15-day shutdown, "we will make a decision as to which way we want to...

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