2025-06-03

Efficiency

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] When asked whether it was OK to let low-income Americans die, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) responded that "we are ...
2025-05-29

Substack

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] I've decided to branch out. I'll be posting new entries on Substack as well as here. Blogger has served me ...
2025-05-24

Corrupt

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Like many African countries, Liberia has struggled with corruption and the resulting barriers to development. A lon...
2025-05-13

No Balls

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] During World War II, Allied soldiers would sing a song to the tune of Colonel Bogey March to mock leaders of the Na...
2025-05-06

Papal Bully

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Trump's claim to want to be the next Pope certainly is a joke. A bad joke, but that's to be expected. Trump ...
2025-03-26

Kaos

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] Top members of the Trump administration included Jeff Goldberg in a group text about a military raid in the Middle ...
2025-02-13

Ogle Maps

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] In a surprise announcement, Alphabet Inc. informed the public that they would be renaming one of their corporate hol...
2025-01-31

Art and I

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] A Chromecast backdrop displayed on my TV: a  photograph  by Aravind Ravisankar of a beach and a rock and a sunset. I...
2025-01-24

Books (2025)

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] This is a continuation of my earlier book post , which I updated through the end of last year. It's been a slow ...
2024-12-11

Joe

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[ TOC: all blog posts ] It's worth a trip to see Alaska's vast wilderness and majestic scenery. But its people are at least as impre...