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Life and politics

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

Is Musk losing it?

August 20, 2024
Life and politics

Elon Musk claims that he is ready to serve as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. He forgot what he did when he had to improve Twitter's performance after purchasing it. He fired about 80% of employees, and Twitter did not collapse. After taking office as president of Argentina in December of 2023, Javier Milei did not create the Department of Government Efficiency either. He did the opposite; he dissolved 11 ministries and fired 15,000 government employees. As of June 2024, 55% of Argentinians are OK with that. One does not improve efficiency by creating a new bureaucracy but by eliminating the existing one. Musk knew that at Twitter but forgot it when veering into politics.

$44 billion for loud lamenting

July 26, 2024
Life and politics, Media

Elon Musk warned us that “America is headed for bankruptcy.” The national debt, which is $34 trillion and gro...

Do we need the judiciary branch of the government?

July 10, 2024
Life and politics

That question comes to mind when reading critics of the recent Supreme Court decision weakening so-called Chevron deference. In t...

Between a circus and a nursing home

June 29, 2024
Life and politics, Media

I heard on BBC that assessment of the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. People are still commenting. For exampl...

Dr. Phil’s sore knees

June 08, 2024
Media

Dr. Phil McGraw is a clinical psychologist who has gained fame thanks to his charming way of asking people seemingly simple questions that are not s...