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

Life and politics

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

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 small business. I checked the SBA loan option; it smelled of corruption, so I passed. From what I have heard since then, almost everyone interacting with the SBA had the same impression. Why did everyone pretend no one knew? I am leaning toward DOGE's conclusions. However, I will patiently await criminal charges in the cases of loans given to children or seniors over 100 years old. When those who committed these frauds are in prison, DOGE will be credible.

It is much bigger than Ukraine

March 22, 2025
Ukraine

Donald Trump asks Ukraine to make territorial concessions because Russia is stronger. If we accept war as a way of resolving dispute...

Where does the violence against Tesla come from?

March 21, 2025
Health care, Immigration, Life and politics, Ukraine

Elon Musk asked that question on X earlier today. He should look in a mirror for answers. Donald Trump...

American military experts, good at losing

March 02, 2025
Ukraine

American military experts predicted Russia would overcome Ukraine in three days. Ukraine was still standing three we...

What Zelenskyy should tell Trump, but he did not

March 01, 2025
Ukraine

Observers say that Donald Trump and JD Vance provoked Volodymyr Zelenskyy into an undiplomatic squabble in the White House. They...