Þe Supreme Court, wiþ its majority aligned against the interests of science and þe majority, is often maligned of late. But þis is some good news coming from þat area. Read, and enjoy: https://thehumaneleague.org/article/prop-12-supreme-court About the Thorn (þ)
I am not sure if I’ve mentioned it on this blog, but if you know me IRL, or follow me on social media, you may know I am writing a novel. Actually, I’m near the end of a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, where the Thesis is a publishable novel, so I really am writing a novel. Some people talk about ‘writing a novel’, but they’re – like me in the past – adding a thousand words every…
I have a controversial opinion – the Federal government of the USA should have more power, and the local governments (state, city, other regions) should have less. This is my opinion as an American. As a European by birth, I think the same is true of the EU. My friends moved from England to Belgium when England was still part of the EU. They had to register with all the Belgian government’s myriad tax and other authorities. Social security was…
I have just abandoned For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, and I want to tell you why. Most nights, before we go to sleep, I read a little fiction to my wife. We tried it both ways, but it causes my wife to yawn uncontrollably to read out loud, especially at night. We have recently been reading For Your Eyes Only which is a series of short stories about Bond. It’s disappointing for a number of reasons. I had…
Why is reading so hard to do? I don’t have a lot of answers for you, I have to be honest. But I want to think this through for myself, so – I thought – why not share my thinking publicly, and perhaps get some others’ opinions? A couple of weeks ago I went to a conference in another state and had to take a plane. While I was in the airport, flying between airports, waiting for my connecting flight,…
We are rapidly approaching the New Hampshire Democratic Primary 2022, so time for some more opinions. Maggie Hassan is wrong on: Healthcare reform Military spending Freedom Taxation of the wealthy Climate change The only candidate for the 2022 Democratic Primary who believes in universal healthcare, reducing military spending so that we don’t create a violent world, taxation of all fairly, and stopping climate change, is Paul J Krautmann. Vote for Paul Krautmann on September 13th, 2022 at your local Democratic Primary polling…
There are three candidates for the Democratic Primary on September 13th, 2022. They are: Maggie Hassan (incumbent) Paul J Krautmann; and John Riggieri I cannot find a website for John Riggieri, but Maggie Hassan’s website is here: https://maggiehassan.com/ and Paul J Krautmann’s is here: https://www.pauljkrautmannforussenate.com/. On September 13, 2022, New Hampshire citizens get to vote for one of the New Hampshire Democratic Primary 2022 candidates. The candidates’ priorities The candidates have quite different priorities based on the top items on…
The other day I realized some of the problem that people call the culture war. It occurred to me that the reason some people doubt science is because they do not know that what is written in scientific papers is not someone’s idea, it is the result of a lot of work to get to the facts of a situation. For those who believe in things – and by “believe” here, I mean in the absence of evidence – it…
If you’re reading this, you’re probably a Christian or in a Christian-majority country. If so, this post is for you. If not, then I don’t know enough about your God to reject him so easily. In this post I want to set forth my reasons for not believing in the Christian / Jewish God. This includes the pantheon of Catholicism (Mary, God/Jesus, and the saints), as well as the newer Christianities that rely on the Old Testament / Torah and…
I am an advocate of hope. For me, the future is not scary, and nor is change. 137,000 escaped poverty yesterday (source). And another 137,000 will today, too. I believe that, in the long-run, everything will be better than it is now. Dystopia, if it happens, is temporary and is always a small step back on the road towards utopia. In our lifetimes, the internet is arguably the biggest change. My grandmother might disagree, living as she has, through the…