Say It Ain’t So, Joe ~ Your Ego is Not Your Amigo

Say It Ain’t So, Joe ~ Your Ego is Not Your Amigo

At age 81, most Americans –– even many Democrats –– have understood that the challenges of our time demand what President Kennedy once called “vigah.”  Energy, force, passion, drive: in the CNN debate on June 27, 2024, Donald Trump offered a fire-hose of lies and...
The Bottification of Airbnb

The Bottification of Airbnb

The “Bottification” of Airbnb Under the brutal heat dome that hovered over the eastern seaboard in mid-June of 2024, my family and I were in Washington D.C. to do the typical tourist things: the Air and Space museum, Arlington Cemetery, the Holocaust Museum, the...
Good People Are Leaving the Government

Good People Are Leaving the Government

I’ve long admired Norm Ornstein, a public intellectual who leans conservative and has written several books that illuminate the current political dysfunctions in the United States.  See, for example, It’s Even Worse than it Looks, reviewed here by Robert Kaiser for...
Elon Musk:  Tech Giant, and Moral Midget?

Elon Musk:  Tech Giant, and Moral Midget?

Elon Musk might just be one of the most interesting people on the planet: head of Space X, Tesla, and the Boring Company, he seems to be everywhere all at once.  Without his Starlink system (part of Space X), Ukraine would lack the ability to track Russian drone...
Witch Hunt!

Witch Hunt!

by Don Mayer “Witch hunt!”   We’ve heard that phrase from Donald Trump as a stock response to any number of investigations, indictments, and impeachments.  The Mueller investigation, both impeachment proceedings, the Georgia investigation (of a...