I still don't care.I still don't care about House Atreides and House Harkonnen. I'm tired of hearing about the Bene Gesserit and the Kwisatz Haderach, the Padishah Emperor and his Imperial Sardaukar troops, and Paul's mysterious connection to the Fremen (He knows how to wear a stillsuit correctly, oh my!). The whole wheels-within-wheels, schemes-within-schemes, … [Read more...] about Dune – Review
So much for Jack Marshall Day…
As I explained in my Jack Marshall day post last year, my plan was to write about Jack Marshall's Ethics Alarms blog once a year. My few remaining readers may have noticed that I missed the anniversary date.When I first started reading his Ethics Alarms blog all those years ago, I found Jack to be a fascinating writer and a seemingly endless source of great topics to blog … [Read more...] about So much for Jack Marshall Day…
The Best Scapegoats
Politicians and pundits of the left have figured out who to blame. From AOC (above) to Bernie Sanders to Elizabeth Warren, there is widespread agreement that billionaires are the problem.In so many ways, billionaires are perfect scapegoats. They're few in number, secretive, have strange customs, and even though most of us have never met one, they still manage to find ways … [Read more...] about The Best Scapegoats
Living with Covid is like being lost in the forest
A few weeks ago, I ran across an opinion column by Ben Shapiro titled "When does the COVID-19 panic end?" I keep thinking about it, and how much it pissed me off, so I decided I might as well get it out of my system by writing about it.Two weeks to slow the spread.That was the original rationale for the lockdowns, masking and social distancing: Prevent transmission of … [Read more...] about Living with Covid is like being lost in the forest
Congress Disappoints Me: REAL ID edition
I recently renewed my Illinois driver's license, and included with the materials was an explanation about the option to submit an application that complied with REAL ID, the federal standard for a secure identification. I've always considered REAL ID to be yet another intrusive part of the post-9/11 War on Terror theater, so I didn't bother with it.A few days later, it was … [Read more...] about Congress Disappoints Me: REAL ID edition