Mass Death By Public Policy
Last week, Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves actually went where the US media refuses to tread, tweeting, “How many people will die...
Yearly Archive: 2020
Legalizing Corruption
It was another brutal day for justice in America on Thursday. Two particular legal proceedings merely confirmed what had already become...
Astronomy Adventure – Messier 17
Messier 17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. From my light-polluted...
Preparing For A Post-Pandemic World
In many ways, the same impulse that drove Make America Great Again Trumpism is driving the protests to reopen the economy....
Astronomy Adventure – Messier 18
Messier 18 is a small open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.
The Supreme Court’s Conservative Contortionists
It is truly remarkable to see the crazy contortions that the Supreme Court’s five conservative justices have to go through in...
The USPS Is A Poster Child For Destruction Of The Commons
Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution vests Congress with the power to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads”, now...
America Is Desperate For A Quick Fix
There is something sick and macabre about the widespread belief in this country that people must be sacrificed in order to...