Robert Reich notes: Today the House voted to reinstate the federal assault weapons ban that lapsed nearly 20 years ago. Think of all the countless lives that could have been saved had the ban stayed in place. Democrats in the …
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EV Math Error
My response to the reader who sent me the meme here: You need to stick with subject matter that doesn’t involve math or science. The average price of electricity in the U.S. is $0.11/kWh. The range of an EV with …
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Trusting Science
When you think about it, the meme here makes the exact opposite point it’s intended to. In all four cases, business created and marketed a product, only to have science come along and study it, determine it was dangerous, and …
Taking a Bite Out of Corruption
Here’s something that should have happened 100 years ago: barring congresspeople from buying and selling stock while they hold office. No wonder it has bipartisan support; no one wants to enable his opponent to say that he voted against the …
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Rising Temperatures
Here’s an excellent graphic from NASA on the rise of Earth’s temperature since records began to be kept in 1880. Apparently, a great deal of care was taken to focus the $370 billion climate/environment package on creating markets that will …
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The Climate/Environment Bill in Congress
Re: the new climate/environment bill and my comment that Asia is the real problem in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, a reader notes: Hopefully, it’ll give China/India marginally less cause to drag their feet. Does seem this bill is plausibly …
Robotics Won’t Work in the Wrong Places
There is no doubt that robots will be replacing human beings in hundreds of different roles in the workplace. And this one, baking pizzas, on the surface, is as workable a suggestion as any other. Let’s imagine that we have …
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The Coup Attempt Overshadowed All of Trump’s Other Wrongs
Do you remember Trump’s unrecorded and unmonitored one-on-one conversation with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, midway through his presidency? I recall thinking at the time that the content of that discussion might have been the single most potent threat to national …
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American Education–Where It’s Going
It’s amazing that there are so many elements of American society that have suddenly become controversial. It wasn’t 10 years ago that virtually everyone believed that a high-quality education was a top priority, for the welfare of both the child …
Protestors Drive Clarence Thomas from His Teaching Position at George Washington University
If I were protesting at George Washington University, I’d be citing Thomas’ treason, i.e., not recusing himself from cases in which his wife had personal interests, including overthrowing the United States government.
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