John McCain: Donald Trump owes POW families an apology

Tom LoBianco, CNN, July 20, 2015 In his first response directly addressing Donald Trump’s comments on his war record, Sen. John McCain said Monday that the real estate mogul should not apologize to him, but should instead apologize to the veterans captured...

5 Things About Lockheed Martin Buying Sikorsky

Doug Cameron, The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2015 Lockheed Martin Corp. agreed to pay $9 billion in cash to buy Sikorsky, adding the Pentagon’s largest helicopter builder to a portfolio that already includes the F-35 combat jet, much of the...

Is There Such a Thing as an Intelligent Optimist?

Jason Gots, Big Think, July 19, 2015 It’s well-established (and completely obvious) that optimism is a bit delusional, especially if you don’t believe in some form of Heaven or live in a hermetically sealed Utopian community where life has been...

Windows 10 Signifies Microsoft’s Shift in Strategy

Nick Wingfield, The New York Times, July 19, 2015 Next week, when Microsoft releases Windows 10, the latest version of the company’s operating system, the software will offer a mix of the familiar and new to the people who run earlier versions of it on more...