FACTS, OPINIONS, AND AN AUTHORITARIAN’S “REALITY” PART 1
PETER BAKER, CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT for The New York Times, absolutely nails it in “Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook,” August 3, 2025. Here, in Parts … Continue reading
WORTHY OF THOUGHT PART 2
YESTERDAY’S WORTHY THOUGHTS came from Miguel de Cervantes, Dan Rather, and Carl Sandburg (talk about variety!). Here in Part 2 we continue with another view on solitude. Paul Johannes Tillich, … Continue reading
WORTHY OF THOUGHT PART 1
WE LIVE ADJACENT TO AN INFORMATION HIGHWAY; alas, all too often as well, it’s an Information Sewer. Yet occasionally things arise that are worthy of thought. Here, in Parts 1 … Continue reading
PROTECTIONISM VERSUS THE PROTECTION RACKET
ONCE AGAIN, MY WATCHING ’30s and ’40s GANGSTER FLICKS helps me recognize actions of our Queens Felon. Protectionism, Its Pros and Cons. Wikipedia defines “protectionism” as the economic policy of … Continue reading
GIVING A.I. WISDOM AND MATURITY
A.I. PIONEER DE KAI recognizes that Artificial Intelligence is still in its infancy requiring careful and thoughtful rearing. Raising A.I.: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future, by De Kai, … Continue reading
BAH EPA AND TRUMP; HURRAH EDMONTON AND BEN & JERRY’S
IN ITS UTTERLY ASININE DISMANTLING of environmental protection, Trump’s EPA “Wants to Eliminate Regulation for Greenhouse Gases,” NPR, July 29, 2025. Jeff Brady reports, “The Trump administration announced its plan … Continue reading
F1 FUELS 1989–1991: HOW GREEN THEY WEREN’T PART 2
PART 1 BEGAN OUR CRIBBING OF YOUR AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION at the 2008 SAE Motorsports Conference. We pick up here in Part 2 with another hydrocarbon not included in F1 Rocket … Continue reading
F1 FUELS 1989–1991: HOW GREEN THEY WEREN’T PART 1
FORMULA 1 FUELS WILL BE GREENER FOR 2026, with 100-percent sustainability based on the fuels already powering FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 Championships. For more details, see Lawrence Barretto’s … Continue reading
LET’S CELEBRATE THE FROGS OF CALAVERAS—AND A.I.
REGULAR READERS, BLESS ’EM, ARE FAMILIAR with my rantings about Artificial Intelligence, its immense energy gobbling, its vast data scrapings, and its hallucinations. Today let’s celebrate another aspect of this complex … Continue reading
A PETTY GANGSTER PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE FOUND TRUMP, unlike movie gangsters, displaying pettiness in many of his actions. We continue this theme today with other verifications, including Trump’s own. From His … Continue reading
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