[NOTE — Different Strokes: If I were rich, I don’t think my lifestyle would change much during most of the year. But about now, in mid-September, I’d go wild. Or I would have, in the good old days. First, a plane ticket to Montreal, or maybe Quebec City. Then a rental car (I’d need a … Continue reading One More Climate Tragedy: R. I. P. Leaf-Peeping
Patti Davis, recalling the passing of her father, Ronald Reagan: “My hope is that people remember this about the royal family: In the end, though they breathe rarefied air, they grapple as we all do with life and death, with the mystery of what it means to be human. When darkness falls, and they are … Continue reading Quotes of the Day
[NOTE: Gwynne Dyer makes important points here, e. g.: too much is Classified; many “secrets” conceal mostly the spooks’ plentiful failures & evil deeds rather than actually dangerous stuff; and many others who took & disclosed secrets at heavy personal risk have served justice, truth, the nation & humanity. But if 45’s super-stash does any … Continue reading Trump a “Whistleblower”? Gwynne Dyer on Those Secret Papers
Wartime Economics Comes to Europe New York Times Sept. 8, 2022 In order to save energy in Germany, buildings and monuments lit for aesthetic purposes will no longer be illuminated at night.Credit…Lukas Barth/Reuters By Paul Krugman Opinion Columnist The West isn’t exactly at war with Russia. However, it isn’t exactly not at war, either. Western … Continue reading Krugman on Europe’s Coming Winter of War
