How to grow a beard November 17, 2021 You do not need to have a long time away from formal situations in order to grow a beard. This method will let you start over a weekend.
Measuring GDP is the wrong measure October 13, 2021 I wrote recently about how the USA is a third world country by a lot of measures, and that it ranks low in most…
Incongruous thinking about the EU October 5, 2021 Some people believe, not inaccurately, that the people of the US are guilty of ignoring the rest of the world. As I discussed in…
Vaccine mandates September 30, 2021 The US used a vaccine mandate to survive the war of independence. This from today’s New York Times (the full article, though behind a…
Thoughts about the world September 24, 2021 In the distant past (for the internet), I thought through and modified my worldview by blogging. Since I stopped blogging about politics and philosophy…
Social Media and Vaccines September 20, 2021 There are some concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines. Some of these concerns are legitimate (myocarditis in young men) and some are based on conspiracy…
ESS, COVID-19 August 31, 2021 I am reading The Selfish Gene at the moment. It’s a very good book, and beautifully written, as you would expect from Dawkins. This…
British word of the day August 19, 2021 Manky It means: adjective; dirty, filthy or bad and can be used like this: It is manky weather today
Is the US a first world country? August 12, 2021 Countries are often compared. Comparisons are made about wealth, about happiness, about healthcare outcomes, and about education outcomes (literacy, for example). Many people rank…