Grab bag: Presbyterian grace

I’m very proud of my denomination tonight, for being the first Protestant denomination to permit LGBT ordination by democratic vote.

Like much else over the last ten years, Remnick goes from Osama to Obama in evaluating the change to the country.

The interesting question that seems to be skipped in entrepreneurship classes is: why does entrepreneurship succeed in the US where it fails elsewhere? Part of the answer, which seems obvious when you say it aloud, is that consumers in the US are more willing to embrace novelty.

The design problems involved in presenting a meaningful memorial to the dead of 9/11. And yes, it’s a real problem; how much less impactful would the Vietnam Memorial be without that chronology of names?

Interesting cultural observations. They support the notion that Google is no longer nimble.

“Not useful as a computer; too light to serve as a doorstop. “