Nothing takes the edge off a Washington winter quite like a visit to the Botanical Gardens. That’s not the National Arboretum, by the way – the best time to visit there is in the spring. The Botanical Gardens, however, can be most appreciated, in my humble opinion, in the winter, where stepping inside is like instant… Continue reading 1600 Tobacco Road, N.W. 20500
Category: Society and Trends
Erin Go Blotto
Around one o’clock this afternoon, I was working alone at my desk on petroleum market models. I had just wound up a four hour marathon meeting with a Saudi diplomat, and had promised him some immediate results. The Saudis have known about the odd nature of the petroleum supply curve since the early 1980’s, when an American… Continue reading Erin Go Blotto
The Election Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Votes
As the crow flies, 821 Upshur Street, Northwest, is only about a mile from the pleasant upscale Washington neighborhood that hosts our National Zoo. But as anyone who lives in a modern American city these days can tell you, a mile, in many cases, might as well be a light year. So, after work today, I… Continue reading The Election Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Votes
NASA to Astronauts – What Are Those Rings Around Uranus?
True, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a civilian agency. But you’d never know that from the way they behave. NASA’s gratuitous obsession with secrecy does not merely rival that of those organizations within the Executive Branch, such as the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency,… Continue reading NASA to Astronauts – What Are Those Rings Around Uranus?
First Family Redux
My three o’clock appointment today was one Randy Spassvogel, trade association representative for the Humorists’ Association of Cartoonists, Kibitzers, Stand-up Comedians, Allied Media Parodists and Satirists. Under the circumstances, I couldn’t resist. As he settled into the chair across from my desk, I just had to do it. “Knock, knock.” Spassvogel threw me a quizzical… Continue reading First Family Redux