Words Seldom Seen: Osmium
Osmium Noun: Chemical Element. #76 on the periodic table, Osmium is the densest naturally occurring element. It...
Energy
"Energy is the master resource." Steve McBride, The Rational Optimist Society Every week the Rational...
Glass and Galileo
How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson One thing leads to another. This is an excellent book for people who...
Election Spending
During the 2024 election cycle Democrats spent $4.5 billion and Republicans spent $3.5 billion trying to get your...
Endorsement
Apparently celebrity endorsements have a small effect on how people vote. Photo is of the bleached core of a...
Words Seldom Seen: Interregnum
Interregnum Noun: The period between governments. Originally the period between kings (regnum is Latin for...
Responsibility
"The presidency isn’t a prize; it's a responsibility." Prickly Pear Cacti in bloom in the Phoenix...
Intervention
"The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention." Max Boot in The...
Paranoia
"Military planners are paid to be paranoid." Max Boot in The Savage Wars of...
Public Opinion
"Public opinion often fastens itself to trivial objects." Margaret Macmillan in Paris 1919 A great photo of...
