Many tell us what to think. I ask my readers to be skeptical. Question me and others.

Life and politics

Arafat’s shoes

Irgun, the Jewish terrorist organization, fought for the independence of Israel. They got what they wanted.

May 19, 2002

When will the war against terrorism be won?

Terror was the scourge of Europe in 19th century. Anarchists, as they were called then, fueled by social injustice...

Feb 4, 2002

How and when to take away the independence of a state?

Where is the United Nations in the first war of the 21st century? The UN came into life on...

Jan 19, 2002

America’s failed leadership

Americans are preoccupied with their own affairs and do not want to get involved in the problems of others...

Oct 5, 2001

Let’s buy Windows XP

I am not talking about going to the store and buying my copy of the latest Windows upgrade. I...

Apr 12, 2001

The activist’s bedroom

When I see the fanatic bigots and dogged zealots on both sides of the abortion issue, I cannot resist...

Jul 12, 1998

The pigeon dropping syndrome

The City of Chicago recently decided that feeding pigeons should be unlawful. Birds are nice, and a pleasant accent...

Jun 19, 1998

The bloody path to peace

The recent death of Pol Pot brings to mind our failure in preventing the genocide in Cambodia twenty years...

Jun 12, 1998

Regulate or communicate?

Several days ago in Chicago we had a dramatic accident caused by an 84 year old driver who lost...

May 19, 1998

The last train car

The last car of the train is a headache for railroad engineers. As it is connected to the train...

Mar 18, 1995
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...