The indictment
I've just read the indictment against the XPOTUS and his "body man" Walt Nauta. Wow. As a FBI agent in The West Wingonce remarked, "In 13 years with the Bureau I've discovered that there's no amount of...
View ArticleAnother ding against "10,000 steps a day"
The Post rounds up more doctors saying 7,000 or 8,000 steps a day is just fine:The notion to take 10,000 daily steps stems from a marketing ploy: As the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics approached, a...
View ArticleThree very bad dudes died last week
We lost three people last week whose deaths have made the world ever so slightly better on balance. Religious swindler Pat Robertson went first on Wednesday. Then Saturday, Ted Kaczynski, also known as...
View ArticleUniversal coverage is more important than who pays
Dr Aaron Carroll of Indiana University studied five other rich-country health systems to figure out what we need in the US:We are one of the few developed countries that does not have universal...
View ArticleSometimes June gives us October
We've got a cool snap going into its third day here, and despite the 16 hours of daylight, it feels like autumn. But this happens every June. We just forget every year.Coming on the heels of the...
View ArticleThe dumbest person in Congress and military readiness
Coach US Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), whose election to the Senate in 2020 coincided with the elections of Representatives Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO), has given those...
View ArticleLate lunch
I had a lot going on this morning, so I'm only now snarfing down a Chipotle bowl. Also, I'm going to have to read these things tomorrow:Over 100 candidates, including a dog, will stand for election in...
View ArticleA tale of two health systems
The US and the UK share a common language, a common legal tradition, and a common scourge of right-leaning political parties trying to destroy anything that the government does better than private...
View ArticleThe suits are ruining your favorite shows
The Writers Guild strike seems remote from people watching streaming shows right now because the big streamers still have a lot of film ready to go. That, and most viewers don't even understand many of...
View ArticleThe frustration of US infrastructure spending
Every time I travel to a country that competes seriously with the US, I come back feeling frustrated and angry that we consistently lose. In every measure except our military, on a per-capita basis we...
View ArticleA wish list
I'll elaborate on this later, but I just want to list a couple of things I desperately want for my country and city during my lifetime. For comparison, I'm also listing when other places in the world...
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Week-end round-up
I think I finally cracked the nut on a work problem that has consumed our team for almost three years. Unfortunately I can't write about it yet. I can say, though, that the solution became a lot...
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Pride weekend
My neighborhood, yesterday morning:Unfortunately, tomorrow's parade might get a bit damp.
View ArticleLawsuits may fix US real estate commission nonsense
James Rodriguez reports today in Insider on two class-action lawsuits (one in the 8th Circuit and one here in the 7th) against the National Association of Realtors. The cases, both filed in 2019,...
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Chicago air quality worst in the world today
Chicago has an air quality alert right now as the World Air Quality Index lists us first (last?) in the world for worst air quality:Canadian wildfire smoke pouring into Chicago has made its air quality...
View ArticleComey Barrett and Kavanaugh continue to surprise
The Supreme Court published its ruling in Moore v Harper today, snuffing out the Federalist Society weed-induced fantasy of the "independent state legislature theory" would remain just that—a...
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The 2023 Canadian Smoke-Out continues
As the smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to spread through the American Midwest, I want to mention that the effective use of government regulation of industry has made this week's air quality...
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Still hazy
The AQI at Inner Drive Technology World Headquarters has prompted me to put my air conditioning on:Nice that the ozone has also popped out of the healthy range, too. And this is what it looks like from...
View ArticleThe more things change, the more they stay the same
Some stories to read at lunch today:The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the US Postal Service's requirement that a religiously observant letter carrier deliver packages on the Sabbath. Since Justice...
View ArticleShocking Supreme Court decisions just announced!
Ah, ha ha. I'm kidding. Absolutely no one on Earth found anything surprising in the two decisions the Court just announced, except perhaps that Gorsuch and not Alito delivered the First Amendment one....
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