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Jul 12, 2020

Ignore Trump

As recently as about 60 years ago, the American president could say, “Ask not what your country can do...

Jul 2, 2020

The political debate that has not been

For ivory tower editors at The New York Times, if something morally abhorrent is not printed there, it does...

Jun 8, 2020

Are we having a dress rehearsal for a police state?

When police enforce malum in se laws only, they are part of us. When they are used to enforce...

May 18, 2020

Who is gaslighting whom?

Mr. Gambuto is right that as soon as the worst of COVID-19 is behind us, advertisers will lure us...

May 2, 2020

Is inequality unequal?

There is a Polish saying that, for a poor one, the wind always blows into the eyes. There are...

Apr 23, 2020

Human and artificial intelligence in capitalism

One cannot pass a law making Americans smarter.

Science and money in the climate change debate

It is not about climate change but grandiose government spending for unrelated ideological reasons.

A wrong way about Huawei

The WSJ does not ask the most obvious question: What is wrong with the United States that it cannot...

Jan 15, 2020

The indolence of the political elite (informally) confirmed

America is so big that many false prophecies can find enough supporters, guaranteeing a comfortable life for the elite.

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...