I was speaking with some friends earlier today about the decline in demand for plant-based meat, e.g., Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. They suggested that perhaps these companies have insufficient PR, but I countered that the intensely negatively PR funded …
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English Words Used to Quantify
I doubt there is a definitive answer to the question that a reader poses at left, but here’s how I’ve been dealing with this issue since I was a boy: A couple: 2 A few: 3 – 4 Several: 5 …
U.S. Leads in Oil Production, But Now Everyone Knows That
Apparently, the author of the meme here doesn’t know that 2023 marked the sixth straight year that the United States led the world in oil production.
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Environmental Deregulation
The modern-day Republican party is doing everything in its power to remove regulations that are aimed at protecting the environment, and right now, they’re having a field day, due to our nation’s rejection of science. But what happens when the …
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No, Japan Is Not Working on Beaming Solar Energy Down from PV in Orbit Around the Earth
This isn’t physically impossible, but it’s extremely impractical. I strongly doubt any serious person or group is wasting time on this.
More on “86”
In my recent post called “86,” I told the story about how my father liked to use the Army lingo he’d learned in 1942 when he entered WW II. He explained to my brother and me that it meant to …
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“86”
When my brother and I were little, our father took great delight in amusing us with lingo he learned in basic training, prior to his being commissioned into the Army Air Force as a bomber pilot in WW II. One …
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Rejecting the Modern-Day Republican Party
When boomers were young, we were almost exclusively Democrats, but it’s common now to see people under 30 gravitate to the Republicans. What changed to make this possible? In a word, I would say anti-intellectualism. It used to be cool …
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What’s “Presidential?”
I wish I knew a few Trump supporters well enough to ask them for their candid opinion of the concept at left. In particular, do they think it’s “presidential” to lose focus on the issues of the day, e.g., a …
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Is Trump a Moron? Does It Matter?
It’s heartening to see anti-Trump sentiment rise all around the country, with folks of all ages and all geographies picking up all manner of signs and banners to express their feelings to the public at large. I know that this …
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