The quote at left comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. While I don’t disagree, it would be possible to bifurcate this into separate pieces. Piece #1: Get rid of Trump, and to whatever degree possible, everything he represents: …
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Is College a Good “Investment”?
We need to start by defining the word “investment.” In the strict sense of dollars in versus dollars out, the subject can be debated; there are plenty of wealthy people who made their money without degrees. On the other hand, …
Elementary School Science
In fourth grade, at age 9, we learned how eclipses work, and why the garbage at left is impossible. How sad that, a generation or two later, we live among morons. As a clever reader notes: This world couldn’t get …
EPA Dismantles Its Scientific Research Arm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be reorganizing, eliminating its scientific division, known as the Office of Research and Development, a move that will affect the career paths of many hundreds of its scientists. This seems to follow the trend towards …
How Is This Making America Healthy Again?
Well, if you’re a full-on QAnon nut-job, the answer is obvious: everything you’re told by our scientists is a hoax designed to make you sick, destroy American capitalism, whatever. Conversely, anything that comes from the Trump administration is necessarily the …
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Solar and Wind Are Not a Perfect Solution
I met a young couple the other day who politely asked me about solar and wind, and the environmental problems they cause. I responded that “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” In other words, there are no …
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Whom Do You Consult on Matters of Science?
Imagine that there actually is an increase in the number of beached whales in New England and that you want to know the cause. You can ask a marine biologist who’s been studying this subject for more than 20 years, …
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Science Continually Learns More
The words at left are a sickening reminder that there are still many millions of American idiots who believe that Dr. Anthony Fauci and the rest of the U.S. medical establishment lied to them about COVID-19. After 50 years of …
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They Do it Differently in Denmark: What This Means
Some nations care about their future, and others simply don’t. That’s the only message that can possibly be taken away from what Denmark does to educate its young people. Here in the United States, we have rich people getting richer, and …
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Can Technology Save Us?
While there’s no clear answer here, the preponderance of scientific minds through the ages have been and continue to be pessimistic, for the precise reason that Newton asserted at left. It’s entirely possible that humankind, with its blend of greed, …
