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Rosie the three-legged dragon and the munchkin invasion, part four, the conclusion
Trapped on the trail between mommy and daddy with only one way to run, Rosie had a choice to make at a time when she was rapidly beginning to hate choices in general. This is the third part of Rosie’s latest adventure. You can catch up on the first part here, the second here, and…
The Venezuelan oil deal, the Panama Canal, and our American values
Almost 125 years ago, critics of President Teddy Roosevelt described another world-changing deal in Latin America as an un-American imperialist adventure despite having no solution of their own beyond the fantasy that countries will magically become modern democracies thanks to the power of words alone. In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt secured a deal with the…
This Labor Day, it isn’t the best of times or the worst of times, it’s simply the only times we have
Whatever you personally believe about the state of the world or our prospects for the future, humans simply don’t get to choose. You are here and will remain here until you aren’t whether you like it or not. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” Charles Dickens began his immortal A…
Rosie the three-legged dragon and the munchkin invasion, part three
After mommy wrongfully punished her for playing with the munchkin, banishing her to the inside of the lair for the second time that same day, Rosie planned to run away from home until deciding it would be a good idea to eat first. This is the third part of Rosie’s latest adventure. You can catch…
The datacenter delusion
They used to say country over party. Perhaps, we should put the future over politics, and rather than behaving like craven fools politicians should lead. If you’ve been looking for an issue that finally unites Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives alike, opposition to so-called AI datacenters might be it. As the Associated Press characterized…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 