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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

How to respond to the nuclear blackmail?

November 19, 2024
Ukraine

Putin always waved that he had atomic bombs. Now, he claims that he might use it if, thanks to the military help, Ukraine might defend itself from being conquered by Russia. Putin needs to be told that the West is prepared. Our defense will most likely encounter rockets with nuclear weapons before they leave the Russian territory. But we are ready to accept that we might not intercept them all. However, our response will be swift and merciless. Russia, as we know it, will be no longer. In particular, it will be forever deprived of having any nuclear arsenal. I bet that in such a situation, even if Putin decides to press that red button, it will be after some reasonable people in Russia disconnect it from the launchpad. I hope our intelligence services have already arranged that.

Putin is in charge of Ukraine’s defense

November 14, 2024
Ukraine

At least, that is what the recent revelations about the behind-the-scenes American policy determining aid for Ukr...

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 Trum...

$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...