New Evidence Exonerates Post Office
New evidence exonerates Post Office. This new, unexpected development shocks me. I feel compelled to explain this strange new development, and to admit I rushed to judgment too quickly. If you read…
A Spectacular Post Office Goof
A spectacular Post Office goof is not that unusual. I described the Post Office’s “Looping Problem” in my last post (see here), but this time I’ll reveal the travels of a package…
Inflation: A Personal Lesson
Inflation: a personal lesson. Most of us get them from time to time, those faint echoes from the past that reveal how prices move up over time. My latest lesson came a…
Oppenheimer, the Movie: A Blogger’s Review
Oppenheimer, the Movie: A Blogger’s Review. Be forewarned! This is not a typical movie critic’s review (i.e., the refined opinion of someone who sees endless films weekly and thus is well attuned…
What are the Dangers of Artificial Intelligence?
What are the dangers of artificial intelligence? Will AI extinguish human life? Could AI wipe out civilization as we know it? A crowd of experts assert that it could. You’ve probably read…
Exorbitant College Costs and Campus Troubles. What Caused them?
If you’re a college student, or a parent of one, or if you just wake up most mornings, you already know a lot about our exorbitant college costs and campus troubles. But…
Exorbitant Costs of Our Medical Care
If you were around for a good part of the last century, you probably have noticed what I have, the exorbitant costs of medical care, not to mention other unwelcome changes, here…
E. B. White on War. A Historical Parallel?
Today, May 9th, is Victory Day in Russia (1) as it celebrates the surrender of Germany in WWII. And Russia is at war again today. An early column by E. B. White…
Ben Franklin on inoculation
From time to time, when itching for a snippet of diversion, I’ll head to one of my book cases and scan the spines, searching for something to perk me up. I found…
Political Correctness, continued
As I said when posting my recent quiz on political correctness (see it here), I knew little about the term. At the time of that posting, PC was just a mild annoyance…
