I’m talking a break today from Trump news, Kavanaugh news…
…and pretty much all US political news. Just a day. It’s necessary sometimes.
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Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day is the bookend on the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment … Continue reading →
The Italian war on banisters
Italy has a lot of hills and a lot of old buildings built on a grand scale, and it has a great many staircases both inside and outside. Many of the staircases have old steps that slope downwards, made of … Continue reading →
Why are so many intellectuals collectivists?
Milton Friedman’s answer to the question, circa 1972: I think it’s in their own self-interest, in a double way. First, in a collectivist society, intellectuals have more power than they do in a free enterprise system. In the 1930s, the … Continue reading →
What I saw today in Tuscany
San Gimignano is a lovely place, but not quite as lovely when all the parking lots are full and you must circle around and around the town loop looking for a space to open up in one of the lots, … Continue reading →
In case the Congo didn’t have enough troubles already…
…now there’s a new ebola epidemic. So far this one seems to involve a higher percentage of health care workers than previous epidemics. But now there are more tools to deal with ebola than ever before. There seems to be … Continue reading →
Let’s have a little traveling music
Surprise! I’ve been traveling for close to 24 hours. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow or later tonight (well, not all about it, but something about it). I still plan to post regularly during my trip, on the usual … Continue reading →
How to have contentious discussions…
…that become less contentious.
Continue reading →Notice anything new at The New Neo?
[BUMPED UP—scroll down for new posts.] Like maybe, a new neo? Photo, that is. That’s just one of the new photos I took. I’ve had some fun with this, including some rather wild ones (wild by my standards, that is). … Continue reading →
The checkbox for “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment” is back
Fixed! Let me know if it’s working okay for you. The old photos should return, as well, sometime in the next few weeks. The person who’s been helping me is very busy right now, but at some point it should … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new site! [BUMPED UP—scroll down for new posts]
Pull up a chair, sit down, and look around. What do you think?
Continue reading →More on the FISA application
It’s nitpicky and tedious work to analyze the FISA application, its flaws, and the claims made about it. But there are a few people who consistently do thorough and reliable work, and so I recommend you read what they have … Continue reading →