ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.
The jokes about U.S Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his totally irresponsible beliefs and actions on vaccines, have been …
PLATYPUS DIPLOMACY
Before koalas became Australia’s animal ambassadors, the country tried platypus diplomacy. In 1943, a camouflaged ship set off from Australia to England carrying top secret …
ICE CREAM
The quest for ice cream that doesn’t melt is getting closer to fruition. Ice cream is a staple of summer, but melts quickly when the …
PORTUGUESE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY
The only remaining Portuguese narrow gauge railway line plays host to heritage trains, offering a chance to travel through the stunning Vouga Valley in a …
TRAVEL MORE
This blog, which I’ve entitled “Travel More”, reports an interview conducted by the former BBC America announcer, Katty Kay, with one of the U.S.’s most …
CLINICAL CONDITION
This article, written by Brent Molnar, identifies a well-documented clinical condition that fits Donald Trump’s erratic behavior to a tee: This analysis has been endorsed …
VERA RUBIN OBSERVATORY
The new Vera Rubin Observatory telescope will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy …
LEGISLATION AND THE COURTS
I am in the middle of reading a book by Stephen Breyer, called Reading the Constitution, and it triggered a thought about the relationship between …
WATER
I have often thought that the next world war will be fought over water. Not territory, nuclear arms, dominant economies, exploitation of space, Antarctica or …
AMERICAN FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY
I thought this was a considered and succinct report on current American foreign and defense policy under the chaotic leadership – if you can call …