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 →
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 →
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 →
Rise and shine:
Continue reading →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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
…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 →
Give your pet an extra hug. I have a friend who’s putting his dog down today, and this photo-essay touched me. I’ve always loved dogs, although I’ve only owned two in my life. Even as a young kid who could … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s post on how to tell when a candidate’s losing, commenter “Ackler” posed an interesting question: I agree, Neo, that yard signs and campaign crowds are of little relevance (although this year is utterly atypical and should make everyone … Continue reading →
This old question has been in the news again recently because of the publication of a massive study on the subject that’s just been published, written by two Johns Hopkins affiliated professors, Laurence Mayer and Paul McHugh, that says there’s … Continue reading →