The extreme conditions of climbing Mt. Everest, and the risks involved, hardly seem worth it to us regular folks who can’t even imagine voluntarily subjecting oneself to such an ordeal: Just ahead of them, a man from another party was … Continue reading →
In still another example of the sad and sorry and downright dangerous state of journalism today, the tale of Gina Haspel’s (Trump’s new pick to head the CIA) involvement in overseeing the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah in Afghanistan in 2002, … Continue reading →
I just noticed that today is the Ides of March: Shakespeare (in “Julius Caesar”—“Beware the Ides of March”) may be the reason why the line is famous today, but the Ides of March — a date on the Roman calendar … Continue reading →
…should be used against tech giants? See also this. [NOTE: The first link is to the Economist, which allows a limited number of free articles. The second is to the WSJ, which is behind a paywall that has become increasingly … Continue reading →
No, I’m not predicting what the results will be. I’m predicting what the Democratic tactic will be. Let’s call it the Lamb Approach. Here’s how I imagine it will go. In vulnerable Republican-held districts, find a pleasant, articulate Democrat who’s … Continue reading →
Every now and then there’s a side discussion in the comments section where I respond to someone at such great length, and with so much research involved, that I figure it makes sense to turn my comment into a post. … Continue reading →
It’s a squeaker, just as the polls predicted, although so far it seems to be squeaking in Democrat Conor Lamb’s direction. He’s declared victory, although the fat lady hasn’t quite sung yet. How do we interpret this? It’s certainly not … Continue reading →
And I just hope the power doesn’t go out. We’ve had quite a few blizzards lately. And yes, this one isn’t technically a blizzard because the winds haven’t reached 35 mph. Mostly they’re calling it “blizzard-like,” although some headlines do … Continue reading →
It’s an odd thing that yesterday I wrote a post comparing Obama’s “bitter clinger” remarks to Hillary’s comments about “deplorables,” and almost immediately after that I I saw that she’d just doubled down on those sort of comments, this time … Continue reading →
Well, it’s been rumored almost as long as Rex Tillerson has been Secretary of State, and almost as often as those “chaos in the White House” stories have been published, and now it’s finally happened: Trump has fired Tillerson. And … Continue reading →
You probably remember something about that fundraiser speech that Obama gave in 2008 in San Francisco, the one that featured his infamous, insulting, condescending, and reductionist “bitter clingers” remark. But looking back on it, it strikes me that Obama’s approach … Continue reading →
This seems a bit far-fetched (or at least premature) to me, but wouldn’t it be nice?: The project, a collaboration between scientists at MIT and a private company, will take a radically different approach to other efforts to transform fusion … Continue reading →