Is it possible that it’s dead in the water for now? Dare we hope? Perhaps: The US is moving toward ending its efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as Tehran continues to make demands without showing … Continue reading →
Here’s a fascinating article about the history of our nuclear weapons policy. It’s way outside of my field of expertise, but I think it offers much food for thought. An excerpt: [I]n the 1960s and ’70s, U.S. planners understood that … Continue reading →
What’s the Streisand Effect?: The Streisand effect is a phenomenon that occurs when an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information has the unintended consequence of increasing awareness of that information, often via the Internet. It is named after American … Continue reading →
[Part I, which dealt with my iridotomies about fifteen or so years ago, can be found here.] When I left off my story in Part I, about fifteen or so years ago, I’d recently had two iridotomies. The one in … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →About a month ago, commenter “BrianB” had this to say. I think it represents one not uncommon point of view on the right: On the personal and emotional level I sympathize with Ukraine. But personal emotions are how our “leaders” … Continue reading →
This video says that about one in twenty people are tone deaf. That surprises me; I thought tone deafness was far less common:
Continue reading →Commenter Bauxite wrote: Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine is a disaster… There were no good outcomes for the Ukraine once Putin invaded. Once the invasion happened, all of the options that included a Ukrainian victory involved considerable death, destruction, and … Continue reading →
Fancy that. Glenn Reynolds writes: “Twitter has been destructive for the left, but it has also been destructive for the nation. I hope Musk can fix the latter, at least.” I have written about my own detestation of Twitter quite … Continue reading →
It seems pretty apparent from the Ukraine war that Russia has a problem with its military equipment. This article summarizes some of the reasons, among them [emphasis added]: –Russia should theoretically have military equipment better than anyone but the U.S. … Continue reading →
In a victory that was not a surprise, Macron defeats Marine Le Pen: Macron’s victory over Le Pen—with 58.2% of the vote to her 41.8%, according to estimated results released at 8 p.m. local time after polls closed—was significantly smaller … Continue reading →