Month: May 2025

Our brains might have more in common with an octopus than we’d like to believe, suggesting that famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ new paradigm is correct

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Almost everyone knows that an octopus is much smarter than we would expect for a boneless creature that lives in the ocean, but next to no one expected they would achieve their intelligence using some of the same genes and chemical processes we do. Octopi and their cephalopod cousins have long been regarded as unusually… Continue reading Our brains might have more in common with an octopus than we’d like to believe, suggesting that famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ new paradigm is correct

Trump’s electoral triumph is even more astounding than previously thought, or so says the New York Times

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For years, the media has assumed that demography is destiny, that a more diversified country would lead to an ascendant Democrat Party while reducing Republicans to an ineffectual rump.  President Trump has proven them completely, catastrophically wrong, doing what they would have said was impossible. After President Donald Trump’s stunning victory last year, I described… Continue reading Trump’s electoral triumph is even more astounding than previously thought, or so says the New York Times

The Big, Beautiful Bill is pretty badass, Speaker Johnson delivered for the Trump agenda, and the Senate better get off its ass

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When Trump increased taxes via tariffs many screamed that it was the largest in history, but now some want to revert back to the old rates.  When Trump began slashing the government under DOGE, many of the same people said he was cutting too much, too fast, only to insist the real problem is that… Continue reading The Big, Beautiful Bill is pretty badass, Speaker Johnson delivered for the Trump agenda, and the Senate better get off its ass

I am a lowly amoeba and I just killed the most powerful man in the world, changing all of history in the process

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If Henry V survived, he would have been king of both England and France, forging one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful country on Earth at the time.  After I killed him however, a slow, agonizing death, not suited for a warrior, the world was changed forever. I am an amoeba and… Continue reading I am a lowly amoeba and I just killed the most powerful man in the world, changing all of history in the process

Living like a local: Reminisces and observations about my recent trip to India, part two

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When people ask what’s different about India, the sheer number of people is astounding.  Boasting a population of over 1.4 billion and still undergoing massive economic development, hotels, restaurants, and service businesses tend to feature at least twice if not three times the number of employees as in the United States and automation is barely… Continue reading Living like a local: Reminisces and observations about my recent trip to India, part two

Bruce Springsteen and the now purely performative Resistance

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What’s the point of prefacing what’s supposed to a celebration of rock and roll, perhaps Mr. Springsteen’s final run considering he will turn 76 later this year, with a political diatribe of largely recycled talking points? Last week, legendary singer, songwriter, and all-around-rocker, Bruce Springsteen chose to open his European “Land of Hope and Dreams”… Continue reading Bruce Springsteen and the now purely performative Resistance

Trump triumphs in the Middle East, completely upending decades of failed foreign policy and securing billions in new deals

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“In recent years, far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it’s our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice for their sins…I believe it is God’s job to sit in judgment; my job, to defend America and to promote the fundamental… Continue reading Trump triumphs in the Middle East, completely upending decades of failed foreign policy and securing billions in new deals

It does not convert: A few reminisces and observations on my recent trip to India, part one

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A cow in Chennai

A negotiation over the price of sea shells reveals that value is in the eye of the beholder and as a colleague brilliantly put it when comparing the US to India in general:  It doesn’t convert and we can be both different and the same. “Be honest. How bad does it smell there?”  The question… Continue reading It does not convert: A few reminisces and observations on my recent trip to India, part one

The trade war that didn’t happen has delayed the apocalypse

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A trade deal with China, a lower than expected inflation number, and a higher than expected jobs report suggest the experts were wrong once again. As even The New York Times put it recently, “Recession Warnings Are Everywhere, Except in the Data.” Earlier this year, I opined that President Donald Trump’s critics were living in… Continue reading The trade war that didn’t happen has delayed the apocalypse

This revolution requires private jets and billionaire backers, apparently

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Senator Bernie Sanders prefers private jets to flying coach for the people and the heir to the Hyatt fortune is now a frontrunner in the new resistance while Democrats outraise and outspend their Republican counterparts from shady big donors. It seems some billionaires and associated luxuries are more equal than others. Last week, democratic socialist… Continue reading This revolution requires private jets and billionaire backers, apparently