Party switch
A comment in a recent NYT article, that sums up the current moment: When I was a much younger man, the party of "progress" and "the future" and "youth" was the Democrati…
Newspaper
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Relax, UFOs aren’t real
What do I even make of this headline?! This would’ve been an Onion piece a decade ago. Still, good to know ……
Graphs going up #2
Higher interest rates have a way of letting you know what your debt is. I hear Argentina has recently shown a compelling alternative.…
Graphs going up
I still keep my NYT subscription -- one reason is the comments The original article is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/biden-trump-consumer-confidence-economy.html…
On cleaning up after yourself
Grabbing my popcorn and cheering them on…
Carlo Rovelli doesn’t always review books …
… but when he does, it’s amazing! You’ve got Kepler (!) and Nagarjuna (!) and the Fall of the Roman Empire, all together.…
Trumpian nationalism
(From todays Wall Street Journal) When I saw this headline, I was expecting to see a bunch of horrible stuff, but gotta admit at least some of this stuff is going to be popular with people. Gotta le…
Posthumous influencers
Add this to the list of things I didn’t see happening:…
On well-intended
Saw this in Letters to the Editor, 25 Oct 2023…
Fraying
The UN and associated bodies are nearing an end of an era…
Two interesting takes
(Sharing articles I read this week) Getting a paper newspaper subscription has its benefits! Reading things slowly, or skimming through pages, is it’s own reward.…
On War & Propaganda
I found an apt user comment in the New York Times comments section for an article this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/europe/ukraine-missile-kostiantynivka-market.html?smid=nytcore-io…