Washington 6/24/22 Excerpts from the deliberations: Justice Kavanaugh: I find it difficult to dominate a woman wearing tattoos. Justice Thomas: And what’s with the ring through the nose? Justice Sotomayor to a blushing Chief Justice Roberts: You will never see my strategically placed butterfly tattoo. Justice Alito: There really should…

Everyone was affected by the bottlenecks at the ports last year. We had to wait for our goods to be delivered. Covid was largely responsible. But the inconvenience raises a larger question: Why do we need our stuff right away? I read an editorial a while back that suggested our…

As I drive past these guys in yellow vests picking up garbage along the highway, I think to myself, “I can do that,” like it’s a great job opportunity. I’ve done well as an engineering technician, so why do I think “I can do that” every time I see someone…

42 Steps 1. Next to infinity, I am next to nothing. 2. Thus, infinity and nothing are identical. 3. So, if God is infinite, God is also nothing. 4. But if God is infinite, God is something. 5. Can God be something and nothing? 6. If God is everything, then…

When a person speaks truth to power, everyone nods in solemn agreement. And by everyone I mean everyone — the solid majority — which means The Power. So when a person speaks truth to power they’re really talking to themselves and the hordes who already agree with them. It may…

Enthusiastic futurists speak of self-driving cars, high speed rail, battery powered supersonic airplanes, Moon and Mars junkets, faster-than-light teleportation. As our world of wonder slouches toward dyspeptic dystopia, these are hot air fantasies. The World of Tomorrow! was an old World’s Fair exhibit that had models of modern automobiles whizzing…

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