A reader asks: So does that mean US truckers need to know French for (Eastern) Canada and Spanish for Mexico? What about Europe? Do truck drivers going from Portugal to Poland need to know five languages? Who’s better qualified to …
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It’s Not a Matter of Intelligence
To answer the question posed here, I wouldn’t judge their intelligence. The human race has plenty of intelligence. Unfortunately, it has plenty of greed and hatred too.
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Advice to Rednecks Everywhere
In response to the reader who sent me this, here’s a suggestion: leave us alone. We don’t need some Trump supporter telling us how to live our lives.
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Marketing Gome Awry
Flicking on the TV a minute or so before “Jeopardy,” I came across an ad for a home air filter called “The Barnacle.” Having spent essentially my entire adult life dedicated to the task of making the world fall in …
Will Rich People Flee from NYC?
Of course. Stuff like this happens all the time. The landslide election of a liberal mayor in America’s biggest city, with the country’s most sophisticated people, is bound to cause a calamity. New York City is the nation’s #1 economy, …
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Turning America into a War Zone
As part of our modern lives, most Americans have been able to visit our nation’s major cities. We’ve been to places like Chicago, Los Angeles, and even much smaller Portland, Oregon–urban areas that the Trump administration has targeted with federal …
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Is There Any Value in Education? Some Viewpoints on the Subject May Surprise You
All literate English-speaking people have a great deal of respect for Isaac Asimov, but it’s hard to understand his and so many others’ disdain for education as it is delivered in our schools. And some have been so much more …
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Can the U.S. Grid Handle EVs?
Here’s a video in which the presenter busts the myth that the U.S. grid can’t handle the mass proliferation of electric vehicles. He explains this in terms of the growth of data centers and the money to be made of …
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Stoic Philosophy
For people wishing to understand stoicism, here’s the core tenet from ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus.
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Is Trump on His Way Out?
Re: the cartoon here, a reader notes: The tide is slowly starting to turn against Trump. But I’m not holding my breath. It can spring back any minute. Trying to imagine a mechanism by which this “springing back” can happen, …
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