Money and morality
From the New York Times newsletter this morning: • Quotation of the day “A country that can’t be trusted with a bone saw shouldn’t be trusted with nuclear weapons.” — Representative Brad Sherman,...
View ArticleD-Day: 75th Anniversary
Normandy by the Numbers The Normandy Invasion consisted of 5,333 Allied ships and landing craft embarking nearly 175,000 men. The British and Canadians put 75,215 troops ashore, and the Americans...
View ArticleTrump’s latest ‘absurd’ idea
When I first heard that Donald Trump was talking about buying Greenland, I thought it was a joke. As big a joke as Trump runningContinue reading
View ArticleAlarmist? You betcha!
Alarmist? Since the ’60s I’ve heard that the Amazon rain forest is “the earth’s lungs” and supplies about 20% of the world’s oxygen. Yet allContinue reading
View ArticleFar worse than the Ukrainian phone call
Trump’s phone call asking Ukraine to interfere in American politics was an impeachable offense. And the impeachment hearings are now in progress. But at least nobody died in that incident. Abruptly...
View ArticleAustralia burning
I thought Colorado’s fires were bad. And then came California. I thought California’s fires were bad. And then came Australia. I don’t know how one adequately describes what’s happening there. I can’t...
View ArticleDoomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight
Most adults have probably heard of the Doomsday Clock. It was created by the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, America’s atomic bomb-building project during World War II and is used by...
View ArticleThose crafty Iranians have flying gunboats
Poor Trump. He so desperately wants to be a masterful Commander-in-Chief but he just can’t get the hang of it.
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