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Life and politics

It’s time for financial dinosaurs to die

If governments had been around 65 millions years ago, they would have used taxpayer’s money to save the dinosaurs...

Sep 20, 2008

Polish kings and American presidents

Surprisingly, they have a lot in common. Starting from the beginning of the 14th century, Polish kings were elected;...

Sep 7, 2008

Emergency response?

The GOP leaders decided to alter the scope and practically postpone the 2008 Republican National Convention because of Hurricane...

Sep 1, 2008

Obama’s politics as usual

In my report from the “Listening to America” meeting, I called the whole idea silly. Let me explain. A...

Aug 8, 2008

Spinning our wheels – Chicago Area Obama platform meetings

I signed up for two of Obama’s “Listening to America” platform events. The first one was advertised as “Talk...

Aug 3, 2008

The war in Iraq is already won, by Iran

Listening to arguments of proponents of our prolonged military presence in Iraq – Bill O’Reilly of Fox News would...

Aug 10, 2007

Conservatives, liberals, and freedom

For the last several years, conservatives have been dominating the political arena. Eventually, they ran out of appealing ideas,...

Mar 27, 2007

Kings fight wars; soldiers die

A man whose brother serves in Iraq and whose wife might be deployed there soon asked me about profits...

Jul 5, 2006

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
Remark of the day

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.” He works with people who are skilled enough to formulate programming tasks in any language. So his view is skewed. The rest of us should know that once knowing English made America great the first time around. Now, the same language divides Americans to the point that dystopian visions propagate. The language is not important, but what our mind can say. And this is where the stairs begin. Good programmers do not lose their sleep; they instruct AI in English on how to perform routine coding when tackling the tough stuff.

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 ...

When will DOGE be credible?

March 28, 2025
Life and politics

The interview at FOX sounded good. In the early 1990s, I was looking to expand my ...