The World War III Report – US in a Pincer

We are inching toward a possible World War III. A war on two fronts. China’s Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met virtually for almost four hours on the night of Tuesday November 16th. They agreed to disagree. But the meeting lowered tensions. Temporarily. Meanwhile, China...

New Report Calls for an American Economy in Space

For the first time, three branches of the US government–the US Space Force, the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit, and the Air Force Research Laboratory–have issued a report together, the 2021 State of the Space Industrial Base Report. And that report...

King Trump – Democracy’s Enemy

The greatest danger facing America’s democracy today is the 2024 election campaign of the man whose hard work and persistence have earned him the right to five titles: Con Man Don, Criminal Don, Coup-Master Don, Lying Don, and Moscow Don. Con Man Don told you who he...

Nature Loves Those Who Oppose Her Most

Why sex? Let’s do a quick review. Sex is not about reproduction. It’s not about creating identical copies of yourself. It’s about mixing and matching. It’s about playing the odds. It’s about innovation. It’s about creating utterly unique individuals. Individuals of a...

The Tale of the Loony Dinosaurs Who Flew

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, And when we find someone whose Weirdness is compatible with ours, We join up with them and fall in Mutual weirdness and call it love. —Robert Fulghum Can gaudy displays of bling really lead to breakthroughs? Can...