Category Society
Country on Fire
Canada is burning. There are hundreds of wildfires burning today, many of them out of control. There have been more than 5,000 so far this summer. Thousands have had to flee their homes. The smoke has drifted as far south as New York City. In this record fire season many people are concerned about climate […]
First Debate
Eight years ago he was the underdog, his candidacy somewhat of a joke. He’s still somewhat of a joke, but definitely not the underdog. As the first debate of the 2024 US presidential election gets underway tonight, Donald Trump is the frontrunner. So much so that he won’t bother to show up tonight to face […]
Monday’s Words of Wisdom
The internet is a great thing – but it is also the source of misinformation, disinformation, misquotes and outright lies. So when I saw this quote, my first impulse was to distrust it. Yes, it sounded like something Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and prophet would say. But did he? My thought was probably not, that […]
Can’t Say It Now
Politicians today are subject to far more constraints than those of previous generations. People are quick to take offense, and God help you if you say something that doesn’t flow with the prevailing winds of society. It wasn’t always so though, as I was reminded on a visit to France in 2014. The words jumped […]
Uncertain Progress
I was thinking about electric cars the other day. I don’t own one, and don’t expect to own one for at least another decade. I’m not sure they will last. More than a hundred years ago we had electric (and steam powered) vehicles, but the technology wasn’t good enough to last. So I will wait […]
People Are Complicated
I have to admit, I’d never heard of it before. But it was one of the highlights of the month spent in Europe in the summer of 2014 – and helped inspire the creation of this blog. The broken camera made absolutely no sense to me; or to Vivian for that matter. Why would a […]
Some Things Never End
As conflict in Ukraine brought on by the illegal Russian invasion shows no sign of ending, I’ve been thinking of the aftermath of the war when it finally does end. Maybe it is the date – August 6, the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. When the guns stop firing […]
Today’s History Lesson
In elementary school and high school, my favorite subject was History. So it should come as no surprise that when I am on vacation I am on the lookout for things I learned about in school as well as new things. In this post from 2014 I saw firsthand something that I had learned about […]
Old Thoughts On AI
I have refrained for the most part from writing about the recent explosion in Artificial Intelligence, or AI. The technological advances are too swift, and I think a book-length dissertation would be more helpful. Or i could just ask a chatbot to write it for me. Looking at items to re-post as I take a […]
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