Stones, Water and Spirit Words Seldom Seen: Osmium SimonNovember 20, 20240 Osmium Noun: Chemical Element. #76 on the periodic table, Osmium is the densest naturally occurring element. It...
Ideas Energy SimonNovember 19, 20240 "Energy is the master resource." Steve McBride, The Rational Optimist Society Every week the Rational...
Recommendations Glass and Galileo SimonNovember 18, 20240 How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson One thing leads to another. This is an excellent book for people who...
Politics Election Spending SimonNovember 15, 20240 During the 2024 election cycle Democrats spent $4.5 billion and Republicans spent $3.5 billion trying to get your...
Politics Endorsement SimonNovember 14, 20240 Apparently celebrity endorsements have a small effect on how people vote. Photo is of the bleached core of a...
Politics Words Seldom Seen: Interregnum SimonNovember 13, 20240 Interregnum Noun: The period between governments. Originally the period between kings (regnum is Latin for...
Maxims Responsibility SimonNovember 12, 20240 "The presidency isn’t a prize; it's a responsibility." Prickly Pear Cacti in bloom in the Phoenix...
Maxims Intervention SimonNovember 11, 20240 "The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention." Max Boot in The...
Maxims Paranoia SimonNovember 10, 20240 "Military planners are paid to be paranoid." Max Boot in The Savage Wars of...
Maxims Public Opinion SimonNovember 9, 20240 "Public opinion often fastens itself to trivial objects." Margaret Macmillan in Paris 1919 A great photo of...