Category Archives: News

The January 6th Committee’s letter to Kevin McCarthy is a good reminder of what Republicans were saying shortly after January 6th, 2021. For example, on January 13th, 2021, McCarthy said the following in a speech to the House: The President … Continue reading →

Just a quick post on the anniversary of the insurrection of 1/6/21. On that day, I wrote to my congressional rep, Rep. Seth Moulton, asking him to impeach Trump. That would be the first and only time I’ve contacted my … Continue reading →

Being a near life-long Beatle fan, I loved Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary. Though it was not my intention when I started, I ended up binging the whole thing in one evening. I watched the Let It Be movie a … Continue reading →

Dan Froomkin writes about the frequent and pervasive failures of modern political journalism on his site, PressWatchers.org. In my opinion, his points are spot-on: political journalism, particularly as practiced by so-called “liberal” media outlets, is so contorted by profit motives, … Continue reading →

It is interesting to watch Trump’s authoritarian instincts clash with some strongly held views of his most ardent supporters. Many people have wondered why Trump refuses to mount a vigorous federal response to COVID-19. My hypothesis is that the Trump … Continue reading →

On Thursday, 4/2/2020, Jared Kushner said the following regarding the national stockpile of medical supplies: “The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use,” he … Continue reading →

Given the situation with COVID-19, I was reminded of a Politico article from earlier this winter describing a feud between Seema Verma and Alex Azar, both now members of the COVID-19 “task force” led by Pence: Azar, Verma battle for … Continue reading →

This article is a good read: How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality It contains some historical points about the New Deal that I didn’t know, and describes the emergence of the so-called “submerged state” I’ve written about previously.

While reading “The Bertrand Russell Collection: 8 Classic Works” last night, I accidentally read this sentence: That some risk of error remains must be admitted, since human beings are fallible. …as… That some risk of error remains must be admitted, … Continue reading →

I received a copyright infringement notice letter from CBS today referring to my computer conversion of the old FASA Star Trek: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator game. Consequently, I’ve taken the site down and the game is no longer being distributed. … Continue reading →