Many tell us what to think. I ask my readers to be skeptical. Question me and others.

Life and politics

So little, so late

Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi is history. Finally, there is a measurable success in an otherwise murky situation. Someone will collect...

Jun 12, 2006

Politicians are right; reality is wrong

Twenty years ago, Congress presumed how fast the economy would grow in the future, and how many foreign workers...

May 18, 2006

Can we agree not to use words like “liberal” or “conservative”?

“Liberals hate it” – one can read this on the billboards advertising some conservative radio station.  In their disgust...

May 15, 2006

Ask your doctor is (fill the blank) is good for you

TV is full of one-minute tutorials on many medical conditions. Every lecture ends with a suggestion: “ask your doctor...

May 10, 2006

Something needs to be done…

Five-year-old Josh Martin of Naperville was playing with his 8-year-old brother during a family trip to a Lowe’s improvement...

Apr 30, 2006

The naked truth about Net neutrality,

and why Congress should stay away from it. With the Internet becoming a commodity and with the emergence of...

Apr 10, 2006

President is gone – we stay

Most Poles living in Chicago have been disappointed with the way the Chicago Tribune covered the recent visit of...

Feb 22, 2006

What else can go wrong?

Were I in Saddam’s shoes, I would do exactly what he is doing. I would try to avoid direct...

Mar 29, 2003

China will do fine without advice from New York

A researcher cuts off a flea’s leg, than releases the flea onto a table and says: “jump”. The flee...

Feb 22, 2003

Arafat’s shoes

Irgun, the Jewish terrorist organization, fought for the independence of Israel. They got what they wanted.

May 19, 2002
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 ...