Energy

Posted on November 19, 2024November 17, 2024 by Simon

“Energy is the master resource.” Steve McBride, The Rational Optimist Society Every week the Rational Optimist Society shares some good news about human progress. It is worth a read at lea... Read More

Election Spending

Posted on November 15, 2024November 12, 2024 by Simon

During the 2024 election cycle Democrats spent $4.5 billion and Republicans spent $3.5 billion trying to get your vote. A total of $8 billion, which sounds like a lot until you find out that Americans... Read More

Endorsement

Posted on November 14, 2024November 12, 2024 by Simon

Apparently celebrity endorsements have a small effect on how people vote. Photo is of the bleached core of a cholla cacti.... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Interregnum

Posted on November 13, 2024November 3, 2024 by Simon

Interregnum Noun: The period between governments. Originally the period between kings (regnum is Latin for something to do with kings) It has also come to mean the period between two significant event... Read More

Responsibility

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Simon

“The presidency isn’t a prize; it’s a responsibility.“ Prickly Pear Cacti in bloom in the Phoenix area.... Read More

Intervention

Posted on November 11, 2024November 9, 2024 by Simon

“The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention.” Max Boot in The Savage Wars of Peace A big horn sheep in the Grand Canyon.... Read More

Paranoia

Posted on November 10, 2024November 9, 2024 by Simon

“Military planners are paid to be paranoid.” Max Boot in The Savage Wars of Peace... Read More

Pigs 2

Posted on November 5, 2024November 3, 2024 by Simon

You can’t stop politicians and their statist allies from acting like pigs at a trough. But in a democracy at least we have a chance to change the pigs occasionally and start over. VOTE... Read More

Please Vote

Posted on November 4, 2024October 29, 2024 by Simon

“Voting is being part of something big while doing something small. It is very rewarding.”... Read More

A Word for the Worried

Posted on November 1, 2024October 29, 2024 by Simon

Subscribe to The Rational Optimist Newsletter. Be reminded that technology is as important as politics in your life. And the technology is wonderful.... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Tag: Politics