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 →
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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 →
Seriously, folks…
…is anyone on earth taking advice from James Comey? [NOTE: This post was originally on my older blog and had comments, but unfortunately the comments didn’t transfer over here.]
Continue reading →A little interlude for an emotional reaction
These last few days have been especially wearying and disheartening in terms of politics, haven’t they? It’s one of those situations in which no matter how low I tune my expectations, people continue to go lower, and they do it … Continue reading →
Separated at birth?
Can’t stand one of them, really really like the other one. But when two people look alike, they look alike.
Continue reading →Now people lose their positions for quoting someone else’s use of the n-word
Even if the person doesn’t approve of and doesn’t agree with the quote, but was using it to illustrate another point. Also, apparently it’s now not okay to disapprovingly relate stories from the past about racial intolerance. At least, not … Continue reading →