On Trump’s visit to Mexico
Trump has a low bar to clear: all he has to do to go up in the polls is to appear sane, steady, rational. The more he can do that, the more chance he has of actually beating Hillary Clinton. … Continue reading →
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Orwell on Tolstoy vs. Shakespeare: the theme and variations vs. the symphony
[NOTE: I’m not becoming Tolstoy-obsessed, although I’ve written two days in a row on him. However, I think that the topic of both posts is not really Tolstoy per se, but larger philosophical questions about the good life, politics, and … Continue reading →
The Trump/Clinton race is now tied
The unpopularity race, that is. In that respect, they’re both winners.
Continue reading →The leftist president of Brazil is ousted by the Brazilian Senate
Here’s a case of impeachment/conviction: Brazil’s Senate voted 61-20 to convict Ms. Rousseff on charges that she used illegal bookkeeping maneuvers to hide a growing budget deficit, deemed an impeachable crime in a nation with a history of hyperinflation and … Continue reading →
Tolstoy on Communism—and a lot of other things
Leo Tolstoy lived from 1828 to 1910, and was probably just as famous for his political and religious/social beliefs as he was for his writing (maybe even more so). Tolstoy was a Titan of energy and creativity who later in … Continue reading →
Is there evidence for a “monster” Trump vote?
A reader kindly sent me a link to this article at American Thinker by Thomas Lifson, which gives some hope to Trump supporters that the so-called “Monster vote” for Trump may be emerging. Lifson bases his piece on this post … Continue reading →
Dog reveille
Rise and shine:
Continue reading →Penrose: intelligence and consciousness, artificial and otherwise
I’ve had many an argument—um, discussion—with my son on the topic of artificial intelligence. How far can it go? Could it ever include consciousness? Suffice to say we have not answered the question. Nor have scientists, although there is no … Continue reading →
News of the day, fashion of the day
Terrible presidential candidates continue to do terrible things. Anthony Weiner has another Weiner incident, and his wife Huma says she’s finally leaving him (for now, anyway). Everybody talks about it all. That’s about it. Oh, and then there’s the really … Continue reading →
The greatest makeovers
I’m here to announce another vice. This is a new one, although it also involves an old one—YouTube video chain-watching. Chain-watching is when you go from one video on a topic to another, sort of like eating a bagful of … Continue reading →
Winning at Monopoly
Here’s an article that purports to tell you how to win at Monopoly. It has a lot of stuff that anyone who’s played much Monopoly already knows: orange and green properties are good, for example, and nobody lands on Boardwalk … Continue reading →
Do you ever think…
…that we’ve reached the end of what there is to say about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? I realize that there’s always more, of course. Time doesn’t stand still. Things happen. Words come out of their mouths. New gaffes, new … Continue reading →