Rick Broida on Microsoft: But here’s the thing, here’s what this litany of complaints boils down to: I feel like Microsoft doesn’t give a damn about me as a customer. I feel overcharged and under-supported. I’m force-fed upgrades I don’t want, deprived of features I d[...]
Archive for February 15th, 2013
February 15th, 2013 - 10:37 am § in Misc.
Arab Antisemitism
A Secret Jew in Jordan In the Peace Corps, I hid my Jewish identity. But that didn’t prevent me from experiencing anti-Semitism. As my second year in the Corps began, I was teaching an eighth-grade English class. Strolling through the rows during an exercise, I stopped next to a student carving a [...]
February 15th, 2013 - 4:43 am § in Misc.
Minting the debt: The Platinum Solution
(this appeared as a letter to the Daily Kos) I’m the former Mint director and Treasury chief of staff who, with Rep. Mike Castle, wrote the platinum coin law and produced the original coin authorized by the law. Therefore, I’m in a unique position to address some confusion I’ve seen in the med[...]