Thinking things through

At the top of NASA's list of core values is safety . If safety were the only core value, they could achieve it best by staying out of sp...

After some delays, Artemis 2 launched yesterday.  Four astronauts are on their way. Following a swing around Earth, tonight they will break ...

Have you heard that it's more exciting to be a glamorous young woman than a married young woman starting a family? Some received that me...

Two movie recommendations in one week? I've never done that before. But here's another one that may be worth seeing if it appeals to...

Opening this very week is a movie that you should be aware of if you, like me, are attracted to meaningful, dramatic history. A partnership ...

Drought has fallen on Nebraska ranchers,  a serious threat to property and to incomes.  Wildfires naturally followed drought and destroyed t...

(cont'd from yesterday's post) Part of Hector's admiration for America, he says, is because he studied the historical record and...

Hector Herrera and his wife recently sat in the US consulate in Montreal, watching the other soon-to-be citizens with their laps full of fol...

Follow up to this post Last fall's political protest rioting in Nepal was violent and chaotic, and led by young people. The government f...

You've seen images ( image ) of the DNA within each of our cells. It twists and coils tightly and then gets tangled in itself. It has t...

  (cont'd from yesterday's post) Johns Hopkins University says that most of the foods we eat--75% of the US food supply and over ha...

Yummy fast food is so appealing that it's a "go-to" when we need a quick meal which everyone in the family will like. American...

(cont'd from yesterday's post) What else has our new Chief Design Officer  accomplished  since starting the  National Design Studio ...

(cont'd from last Friday's post) "Imagine retiring after a lifetime of public service--as a veteran, air traffic controller, or...

Washington Post used to be very influential and profitable. Jeff Bezos , who bought the newspaper in 2013, became aware of the fact that le...

"Chief Design Officer of the United States of America" is brand new in the US government. Joe Gebbia is the first to hold that off...

(cont'd from yesterday's post) Real people--people educating the children of Britain--really tried to put shame into the hearts of t...

(cont'd from yesterday's post) Is it a good thing to shame school children for things they never did? If you grew up in London, appa...

Woke anti-whiteness ( yesterday's post ) gained traction in the US, in spite of the fact that the Civil Rights Movement has been inspiri...

American politics have shifted toward traditional American values and away from "wokeness." But our institutions haven't all c...

Nuclear power generation has had its ups and downs over the last few decades. At this time, there's somewhat of a global movement to ap...

America's current action against Iran filled many people with joy and relief while it filled others with anger. Attacking a sovereign fo...

Follow up to this post Anthropic made their choice in negotiations last week. They will not yield their AI product, "Claude," to e...

Follow up to this post An AI "companion" can be tempting for parents who need a break from the stress of constantly overseeing the...

Modern military, whether in the US or other nations, uses artificial intelligence. Of course they do. Anthropic has a $200 million contract...

Follow up to this post It was going to launch next month, in just a few weeks. But Artemis 2 mission has been delayed again: it's unlike...

  from 2021 (cont'd from yesterday's post) A conference called COSM hosted a discussion about anti-aging technologies. Hopeful CEOs ...

From 2021  (cont'd from yesterday's post) Irreversibly damaged cells that somehow escape normal self-destruct mechanisms continue to...

  Re-post from 2021 It's hard to watch people we care about lose some of their abilities, decline as they grow older, and eventually suc...

It's been 46 years since the US took gold in Olympic men's hockey. They called it the "Miracle on Ice," a glorious win tha...