Last Thursday was the warmest day for Planet Earth in the last one hundred and twenty-five thousand years. Friday was warmer than that, and Saturday warmer still, each day breaking the previous one’s record, and today seems well on its way to surpassing them all. The geologic period that transpired one hundred and twenty-five thousand… Continue reading Long Hot Summer Snowstorm
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Supreme Conjectural Corruption
As one hundred and sixty million working Americans file the income tax returns that provide funding for the six trillion-dollar US annual budget, and the United States of America’s seven hundred and thirty-five billionaires pay more or less nothing and laugh at them, Washington DC is abuzz with the fallout from the latest Big Security… Continue reading Supreme Conjectural Corruption
And Now, the Perfect Perp Walk
As regular readers of this Web Log know, April 1 is my birthday. And given the nature of this blog’s content, what could be more appropriate? Being the wealthiest member of the extended family to which I belong, my birthday celebrations are, of course, not like most folk’s – after all, what do you get… Continue reading And Now, the Perfect Perp Walk
Timothy’s Tragic Tale of a Terrible Toxic Trainwreck in Trumpland
Monday, February 20, the United States of America celebrated what is widely known as President’s Day, one of what are now, with the addition of Juneteenth, eleven federal national holidays. Legally, though, the holiday is named “Washington’s Birthday,” as clearly specified in section 6103(a) of Title 5 of the United States Code. That law does,… Continue reading Timothy’s Tragic Tale of a Terrible Toxic Trainwreck in Trumpland
Joe Biden’s Secret Dilemma
Today was a federal holiday, but that didn’t stop White House staffer Ximena Nkwame Fong-Biswas-Sanchez from visiting my office for an urgently booked consultation. She practically leapt into the chair directly in front of my desk, scooted up close, pulled out a government laptop, opened it with an air of grim determination on the edge,… Continue reading Joe Biden’s Secret Dilemma