The Bonds that Tie I could continue with various platitudes like “an inconvenient truth”, “oopsy daisy” or something a bit more intellectual which might just capture someone’s attention. But I will defer to the article linked above. Continue reading The name is “bond”, “injunction bond”
This Chris Rufo article alarms as much as it enlightens. Chris describes how the National Institute of Health (NIH) has been exposed to the very unscientific DEI ideology (Cost Benefit Analysis would have ended this before it began). The exposure has made NIH a host to worthless cost exposure falling more than a standard deviation outside its medical mission. Removal will require no mean effort to extricate from the NIH, a diseased body politic. DEI and the NIH And, the kind of effort needed to uproot such an infection in the federal government will be a Herculean … Continue reading U.S. Taxpayer $s hard at work at the NIH?
Broken Ballots, Shattered Shards of Democracy Another fine article on how voting in general elections works in the United States. The troubled state since COVID seems to reinforce distrust in a process central to democracy. Continue reading Broken Ballots
I have long contended that the theory of GIGO (“Garbage In, Garbage Out”) applies to the process of voter registration. There are several vulnerabilities in registering voters across the U.S., particularly related to voter residential addresses (some registered voters one can reside in a vacant lot, but not a post office box). How often are voter rolls culled (compared against deaths, property or utility records, etc.?)? Based on my experience in the Commonwealth of Kentucky years back, they probably get to it when they can get to it, which probably means if there is no budget allocation, there is no … Continue reading Vote early, vote often!
2024 U.S. College Free Speech Rankings Continue reading The truth will set you free, but first you must attend university?
Lionel Trilling’s Warning–Lee Siegel This article illuminates the deeper roots of what is happening in Western Culture, particularly the U.S., generally where both good and bad things begin. We seek nourishment in the “abstract pieties” referenced in the article. But we do not want to know how our breakfast sausage is made. And here we are! This article singles out the smallness of liberalism, but the critique, as withering and enjoyable as it is to me, could be applied to anyone peddling abstract pieties, including conservatives. We are human, all too human, and whoever is on top, will be there … Continue reading Thrilling to Trilling
Twilight of the Scientists Matthew Crawford does all the heavy lifting necessary in the article link above. Even the intellectually sclerotic might learn a thing or two about the “state” of science. Continue reading Follow the Science: What does that really mean anyway?
And So It Seems, Sew It Seams Continue reading A Simple View of the World
With an apologetic nod to Jackie Wilson, whose song and adjusted lyrics above gave me so much enjoyment in high school, I present links to two articles “reporting” on what FBI Director Christopher Wray said this week about foreign agents and cyber attacks. Wray was speaking at the Aspen Security Conference. Incidentally, the byline date for both articles is July 19, 2018. The first from HuffPost: A Huff and a Puff! The second, comes from the Business Insider Australia: Aussie Bizz If you need an Etch-A-Sketch to draw your conclusion about the point, I am afraid you missed it. Continue reading “Your data keeps lifting me Haier and Haier”
Just An Oversight? If you need a break from the front page of your favorite daily, try turning to another page. I tried that today, and this is what I found. Remarkable as this account is, and troubling at the same time, I think I may return to the front page. I tried to discern just how such a thing could happen. Is it a matter of compliance? No, I easily found the OSSE website where you can easily get or renew your credential. Easy as 1, 2, 3! . Then I tried to figure out just what else might … Continue reading No Stinkin’ Badges
