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Life and politics

How to end the war in Iraq in nine weeks

The first twins, Barbara and Jenna, need to enlist in the Army, and select a unit that will guarantee...

Jun 19, 2006

So little, so late

Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi is history. Finally, there is a measurable success in an otherwise murky situation. Someone will collect...

Jun 12, 2006

Politicians are right; reality is wrong

Twenty years ago, Congress presumed how fast the economy would grow in the future, and how many foreign workers...

May 18, 2006

Can we agree not to use words like “liberal” or “conservative”?

“Liberals hate it” – one can read this on the billboards advertising some conservative radio station.  In their disgust...

May 15, 2006

Ask your doctor is (fill the blank) is good for you

TV is full of one-minute tutorials on many medical conditions. Every lecture ends with a suggestion: “ask your doctor...

May 10, 2006

Something needs to be done…

Five-year-old Josh Martin of Naperville was playing with his 8-year-old brother during a family trip to a Lowe’s improvement...

Apr 30, 2006

The naked truth about Net neutrality,

and why Congress should stay away from it. With the Internet becoming a commodity and with the emergence of...

Apr 10, 2006

President is gone – we stay

Most Poles living in Chicago have been disappointed with the way the Chicago Tribune covered the recent visit of...

Feb 22, 2006

What else can go wrong?

Were I in Saddam’s shoes, I would do exactly what he is doing. I would try to avoid direct...

Mar 29, 2003

China will do fine without advice from New York

A researcher cuts off a flea’s leg, than releases the flea onto a table and says: “jump”. The flee...

Feb 22, 2003
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...