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Life and politics

Chicago needs reality check

As of now, Chicago can try to lure more tourists with a slogan: Come and see the last days...

Aug 24, 2017

Less fight more work

The fight over Obamacare repeal is over, at least for now. The GOP can start to work on a...

Jul 31, 2017

19 health care issues that politicians avoid talking about

We cheat ourselves if we discuss health care policy without openly talking about money.

Jul 13, 2017

The future will be bright … for others

We use the modern information technology not to learn, but to reassure ourselves that what we already know makes...

Jun 16, 2017

Is angel investing upside down?

As far as human memory reaches back, rich people have always financed the wild ideas of all sorts of...

Apr 20, 2016

Can GOP hold the White House for the next 16 years?

That scenario is unlikely, if the leading Republican presidential contender wins the nomination. As Dr. Ben Carson said, it...

Mar 24, 2016

With a hoe against the Sun

If we spend all the money we have and can borrow to fight climate change – will it make...

Capitalism, socialism and communism

Communism as a political reality existed mostly in the minds of undereducated Americans. Capitalism and socialism are not compatible.

Nov 12, 2015

What is the United States to you?

I grew up in Poland, when it was a part of the Soviet Bloc. In my late teens I...

Oct 26, 2015

They do not know…

Mr. Trump says: “A lot of what I’m doing is by instinct.” I prefer that our President would make...

Sep 14, 2015
Remark of the day

What Trump should tell Putin in Alaska

August 10, 2025
Ukraine

We learned that during the upcoming meeting, Putin will try to convince Trump to help him subdue Ukraine and take about 20% of its territory. Trump should answer that, regardless of the validity of Russia’s claims, Putin did not use any peaceful means to reach his aims. So, Ukraine deserves the right to reject Russia’s claims in the same way Russia executes them. As of now, it looks like Russia is less able to reach its goal than it was when starting the war. Ergo, Putin can get peace today on terms that Ukraine might accept, or continue the war until Ukraine is capable of reaching its objective in the same manner as Russia does.

Will AI make programmers obsolete?

July 14, 2025
Artificial intelligence, Life and politics

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said, “There’s a new programming language. It’s called English....

Will the U.S. endure for another 250 years?

July 05, 2025
Life and politics, Media

Instead of a celebratory commentary on Independence Day, Michael Smerconish reminded us tha...

Israel against Gaza and Iran

June 19, 2025
Life and politics

Gaza is a thorn in Israel’s politics. There are still speculations about why the attac...

Are comparisons to Hitler justifiable?

April 26, 2025
Life and politics, Media

In the criticism of the Trump administration’s concepts and methods of implementation, some see parallels to ...