THE ADVANTAGES OF A PRINCIPLED PUBLIC SPHERE PART 1
FROM TIME TO TIME, MY KANTIAN PHILOSOPHICAL LEANINGS COME TO MIND. This time around, curiously, they arise from words of Alex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker, who evidently … Continue reading
JD’S BS
MANY OF US REMEMBER NIXON. He was a foul-mouthed conniving corrupt president driven to resignation by a sure-thing threat of impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate. We remember … Continue reading
MEDICAL RESEARCH UNDER ATTACK PART 2
IN PART 1, RNA SPECIALIST DR. JEFF COLLER WARNED OF FEDERAL CUTBACKS in medical research in his Guest Essay in The New York Times. Today in Part 2, he cites … Continue reading
MEDICAL RESEARCH UNDER ATTACK PART 1
WITH ADDLED GUIDANCE FROM THE LIKES OF RFK JR. AND TRUMP, it’s no surprise that medical research is under attack. How many measles deaths must we experience? What about our … Continue reading
I LOVE SATIRE!
DANA MILBANK CONTRIBUTES A WONDERFUL BIT OF SATIRE to NOTUS “Perspectives,” June 23, 2026. I encourage you to read it in totality. Just for fun (and as I love satire!), … Continue reading
THE PLANTS’ REVENGE PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING THE VENUS FLYTRAP’S REVENGE on the animal world, as described by Science’s Jacques Dumais’ description of how this plant accomplishes its capture. Today in Part 2, … Continue reading
THE PLANTS’ REVENGE PART 1
JACQUES DUMAIS OBSERVES, “PLANTS AND ANIMALS INTERACT in countless ways, but in most cases the plant appears to be a passive participant in the interaction….” Here, though Dionaea muscipula, the … Continue reading
A “SIMPLE” SEAL FOR A FORMULA ONE LSD
THANKS TO SAE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, June 2026, we get a glimpse into what might be considered a “simple” seal for hydraulic actuation of the McLaren Formula One car’s limited-slip … Continue reading
MOTHER NATURE GIVES THE GREEN FINGER TO TRUMP’S “AMERICAN FLAG BLUE” PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH TRUMP WANTING TO IMPROVE the National Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. (He’s not the first who’s tried: See “Trump Falsely Claims Obama and Biden Spent Hundreds … Continue reading
MOTHER NATURE GIVES THE GREEN FINGER TO TRUMP’S “AMERICAN FLAG BLUE” PART 1
IN PARTS 1 AND 2 TODAY AND TOMORROW, here’s proof positive that Mother Nature knows more than Donald J. Trump. (And who’s surprised?) The Reflecting Tool Debacle. Maxine Joselow describes … Continue reading
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