INDIA WILL SOON SURPASS CHINA
India will soon surpass China as the most populous country in the world: In fact, it will do so by the summer of this year. …
VACCINE FOR MALARIA
I reported some time ago on the development of a vaccine for malaria. Malaria has been one of the major killers of children in the …
RUSSIAN FISHING TRAWLERS
Russian fishing trawlers and research vessels are nothing new. The Kremlin has been using these spy ships since the Cold War. However, they seem to …
Golden Fleece Award
The next Golden Fleece Award is given jointly to the Kentucky State Legislature and the Indiana State Legislature, both for arrant stupidity in light of …
ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is part of an old adage that maintains that “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. The adage was coined by …
US ARMED FORCES
US Armed Forces and abortion would seem to be an unlikely pairing for a blog article but a recent news report raised an alarm on …
WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG
What are we doing wrong? It is a question that can be addressed from many points of view, and is a concern for almost all …
BILL OF OBLIGATIONS
A Bill of Obligations. Western democracies are based on the assumption, and requirement, that the electorate is educated; that means an electorate that is educated …
GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD
I have given several Golden Fleece awards on this blog site since I started that program last year: I should clarify for my new readers …
CIVILIZATIONS
Historically, as civilizations developed, they became more and more reliant on people from somewhere else to keep their economies and their lifestyles growing. The longer …