CIVIL WAR IN THE US
The prospect of civil war in the US just got a little closer this week with Donald Trumps’ rally speech last weekend. My last block …
COMPLACENCY IS THE ROAD TO DICTATORSHIP
Complacency is the road to dictatorship. Dictator-in-Waiting Trump, and his think-tank loyalists, are collecting the ingredients, and refining the recipe, for an authoritarian regime, should …
BISON
Tribes and conservation organizations in the United States have recently started bringing the bison back. And scientists studying the returns are discovering that getting the …
WHAT US SCHOOLS DO WRONG
“What US schools do wrong” is the title of an article I read this week about a simple reality of the teaching environment that could …
PERFORMANCE OF US STUDENTS
The performance of U.S. students in the basic subjects of mathematics and English has been declining, or at best stagnating, over the past decade, and …
THE HISTORY OF THE AR-15
The history of the AR-15, is a fascinating story of an attempt to save American lives that turned into one of the most destructive elements …
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
The latest outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Palestine seems to be a culmination of over fifty years of conflict, and unresolved issues. Territory, religion, …
SEAFLOOR
Tucked inside a federal government building in the American Rockies is the world’s best collection of seafloor maps. Occasionally a hard drive arrives in the …
ANONYMITY
Anonymity can be a powerful tool, as well as a description of non-existence. “How effective would anonymity be as a punishment, compared with regular judicial …
RUSSIAN SPIES
I have tended to think that worrying about Russian spies was a remnant of the old Cold War. It has certainly faded from the news …