Excellent piece by Jim Manzi on how Obama, and to a lesser extent, McCain, don't quite get that someone has to pay for all that "greater good" they keep talking about. Donations don't appear out of thin air.

Too. Freaking. Cool. Cisco CEO John Chambers was live on stage in Bangalore, and had Martin De Beer, Senior VP of Emerging Technologies, and Chuck Stucki, General Manager of TelePresence, join him via hologram from San Jose. You've got to watch at least the first four minutes or so of the video. Star Wars tech is here today!