Monthly Archive: March 2018
Sergei Skripal's Attempted Assassination And Russian Collusion
When Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in Salisbury, England, literally days before the Russian elections, it raised a lot...
The Answer Is Always More Guns In More Places
In the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas where 58 people were killed and 851 others were injured, David Frum...
Always Fighting The Last War
Over at Washington Monthly, Nancy Letourneau highlights the fact that the battle against the destruction of US manufacturing created by globalization...
Are Democrats Really Prepared For The Total Failure Of Our "Democracy"?
All indications are that 2018 will be an enormous wave election for Democrats. And, yet, Democrats could win in 2018 by...
March For Our Lives
Our local version of the March for Our Lives was a late-day vigil down in Westport. Based on the turnout and...
Natural Weekends – Orchids
Yesterday’s post was about the last real snow storm of the winter (hopefully). Today we brighten things up with some of...
Uber's Toxic Corporate Culture Kills…Again
Last weekend, an Uber autonomous vehicle with a single emergency driver struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. Dash-cam video...
Natural Weekends – White Rain
Another Nor’easter blew through this week and once again we managed to avoid the worst here on the creek, with snow...
Astronomy Adventure – Orion Nebula
Here is another photo of the M42 – the great Orion nebula. In addition, you can just make out M43, the...