With the election of Joe Biden it seems that the time has arrived for all tyrannies to try to accomplish what they’d been putting off for just the right moment. And so we have the looming specter of China actually … Continue reading →
Hey, it’s the Ides of March.
Continue reading →I hope they’re sincere about this: Forty-nine Senate Republicans are threatening to derail the Biden administration’s efforts to secure a new Iran nuclear agreement within the coming days. Any new agreement that “does not have strong bipartisan support in Congress … Continue reading →
One of the reasons for the urgency of the Manhattan Project during World War II was the fear that if the US didn’t develop a nuclear weapon, Germany would. However close or however far Germany may actually have been from … Continue reading →
My favorite classical composers are as follows: Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Dvorak. Note the order; Chopin leads the way. Is that because I was heavily exposed to Chopin from the age of four in ballet class? I don’t think it’s just … Continue reading →
Predators prey on the weak, and the US is now weak and clearly perceived as weak. It’s not just Biden or Harris themselves. They are merely the current manifestation of a long decline. We’ve reached a state in which people … Continue reading →
You may notice that I haven’t written about the Ukrainian biolabs and all the swirling speculation about them. That’s because I think we don’t know all that much, but it’s also because I’m in general agreement with this statement of … Continue reading →
Tonight the clocks get moved one hour ahead. I love the shift to increased sunlight hours at the end of the day.
Continue reading →This was news to me:
Continue reading →I’ve said it before but I want to say it again: one of the effects of the progression of US administrations of the 21st Century – Bush II followed by Obama followed by Trump followed by Biden – has been … Continue reading →
I wrote “postponed” because I believe that the Biden administration has not given up on this pernicious endeavor. But here’s the news: For the last several weeks, reports of a new JCPOA “nuclear” deal with Iran being imminent have surfaced. … Continue reading →