We've heard a lot about accountability from both political parties of late. The Democrats demanding accountability from Trump and his mob bosses, and the Republicans, apparently in payback mode, want to crucify the Biden family and investigate Nancy Pelosi's underwear.
A bullet is an elongated metal projectile fired by a pistol, rifle, or machine gun. Bullets are measured by their caliber, which indicates a gun barrel's interior diameter or bore. The first bullets were round lead balls loaded down the muzzle of smoothbore weapons and propelled by the ignition of a physically separate charge of black powder....
As the various scoundrels, scallywags, and outright traitors involved in the January 6 insurrection face the harsh reality of justice in a democracy that they tried to bring down, we approach mid-term elections on the eve of the second anniversary of the mob attack on our government. Labeled in the press as the United States Capital Attack,...
We're going back to the moon after fifty years. And not just to kick dust or gather rocks, but to look at the moon as a launch platform for exploring our solar system and perhaps the first in a chain of roadside rest stops and refueling stations on other planets and asteroids on our way to the stars.The question is,...
I'm about to embark on a discussion of a theory for which I am under-qualified, at least in academic terms. I strive to develop evidence based theories and opinions whenever I can. They are not merely opinions with no basis in fact, but may not be established beyond argument. As I start this piece, I have no idea how long...
We, humans, are tribal by nature. The archeological evidence from graves and other sites indicates that we have been tribal for a long time. Anthropological studies show there is debate about the effects of tribalism on society. I can't imagine that I could or should argue with the anthropologists. Nonetheless, I have some thoughts on tribalism and...
The first time I heard the term "user-friendly" was in the early days of the IT revolution in the 1980s. User-friendly referred to how easy a piece of software was to use by the typical not-techie user or how intuitive navigating a website could be, again, by a non-techie. I can tell you that the term was magic in its...
