Reading time – 2:43; Viewing time – 3:50 . . . I distinctly recall the day I first wondered about pollution. I was a young kid in Chicago and the little family car was idling at the curb. I was curious about the exhaust curling from the exhaust pipe and then disappearing into the cool… [read more]
Potpourri v2.0
Reading time – 4:34; Viewing time – 7:40 . . . August 29 – Corpus Christi, TX President Trump visited Corpus Christi and held a news conference, Where he proudly proclaimed, “Thank you, everybody! What a crowd! What a turnout!” thus making over 50″ of rain and widespread devastation for tens of millions of Americans… [read more]
Water and Spine
Reading time – 1:35 seconds; Viewing time – 2:30 . . . You already know what’s happening in Houston and it’s moving east to flood more cities. However bad you understand this to be, it’s way worse. Click here and scan through the maps to understand the enormity of the storm and the millions of… [read more]
Healthcare Reality
Reading time – 3:44; Viewing time – 5:17 . . . The most recent policy issue – in contrast to the daily dump of Trumpian crazy – was healthcare. That issue deserves one last piece of clarity. Conservatives believe that small government is best. They like minimum taxes, which obviously means that in their view… [read more]
With Liberty and Justice For All
Reading time – 2:57; Viewing time – 4:24 . . . There are quite practical and important reasons to see beyond our justifiable anger and desire for retribution for the crimes of Trump. I refer not to his total and horrifying moral failings, but to actual crimes he may have committed. It matters to our… [read more]
A Modest Proposal – v3.0
Reading time – 1:46; Viewing time – 3:07 . . . In the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy, many in the white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and KKK hate clubs are calling for an all-white North America. They offer little clarity about what they would do with the hundreds of millions of non-whites and non-Christian whites now… [read more]
Placating the Haters
Reading time – 1:38 seconds; Viewing time – 2:19 . . . The recent massacre in Charlottesville, Virginia brought out the worst of Donald Trump – again. Here’s coverage from CNN quoting Trump’s speech: “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides,”… [read more]
Figure It Out
Reading time – 3:57; Viewing time – 6:38 . . . We have yet another edition of the interpretation game, “I think what the President meant was . . .” His “fire and fury” ad lib has spawned no end of pols, politicians and pundits pretending they can get into the President’s very unusual brain… [read more]
Tariffs, Afghanistan and Republicans
Reading time – 3:45; Viewing time – 5:00 . . . Frequent reader, insightful commenter and friend John Calia directed me to a blog by John Mauldin discussing the issue of tariffs and trade wars. Mauldin is comprehensive and clear in his work and I urge you to link through and read his offering. I… [read more]
Plumbing
Reading time – 1:34; Viewing time – 2:23 . . . During a recent visit to my dentist I stopped in the men’s room and found a – let’s call it “interesting” – wall sign. Honestly, I have never heard of sensitive plumbing. I mean, isn’t it just a bunch of sturdy pipes? Does the… [read more]
