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Life and politics

DOGE is much ado about nothing

The media noted that even Trump opponents see potential benefits of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. It is...

Dec 5, 2024

I did not speak out — because I was not an illegal immigrant

Illegal immigrants, now blamed for all American issues, would be gone; the American problems would stay. The economy would...

Oct 16, 2024

Our immigration havoc is your fault

This article is for people like Elon Musk and his supporters who litter X with falsehoods about immigration. Our...

Sep 29, 2024

The whining from the ivory tower

The New York Times publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, wrote an essay, “How the quiet war against press freedom could come...

Sep 13, 2024

Is Musk losing it?

Elon Musk claims that he is ready to serve as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency in...

Aug 20, 2024

$44 billion for loud lamenting

Elon Musk warned us that “America is headed for bankruptcy.” The national debt, which is $34 trillion and growing...

Jul 26, 2024

Who won the duel between Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul?

Both senators claim that they care about the nation. However, their reasoning makes their ideological preferences seem more important...

Jul 15, 2024

Do we need the judiciary branch of the government?

That question comes to mind when reading critics of the recent Supreme Court decision weakening so-called Chevron deference. In...

Jul 10, 2024

Between a circus and a nursing home

I heard on BBC that assessment of the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. People are still...

Jun 29, 2024
Remark of the day

Testing 7

December 21, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Life and politics

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar joke from 1971 when Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon tested the newly upgraded hotline. Brezhnev said: “I saw the White House in my nightdream last night.” Nixon responded: ”What is unique about that?” “Above it was a red flag with a hammer and sickle on it,” Brezhnev replied. “It is an interesting coincidence,” Nixon said, “because, in my nightdream, I saw the Kremlin with the red flag above it and something written on that flag.” Curious, Brezhnev asked, “I understand the red flag, but what was written on it?” Nixon answered: “I could not figure it out because it was in Chinese.” That joke is timely because, after the dust settles, China will be the real winner of the war in Ukraine. It might not rule in the Kremlin, but it could de facto control the big part of Siberia.

Testing 6

December 20, 2024
Climate change

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...

Testing 5

December 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Media

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States.I remember a similar j...

Testing 4

December 20, 2024
Media

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...

Testing 3

December 20, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Climate change

A Russian propagandist made a joke about Russia giving up nuclear weapons by sending them on rockets to the United States. I remember a similar...