by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 26, 2025 | Education, Politics
Elon Musk knows how to do political theater, but the intended rhetorical message is way off base. Yes, the government in my beloved country, America, is wasteful and inefficient, but the chainsaw approach is the wrong idea. You don’t fix the plane with a chainsaw when...
by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 16, 2025 | Politics, Witty Repartee on any topic
Now that Donald J. Trump is officially our president once again, we are confronted by two distinct possibilities. Will his blitzkrieg on inefficient and wasteful government and government spending turn out to be the set of reforms of which our beloved country has so...
by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 8, 2025 | Culture Wars, History as it applies to the Future, Politics
There has been a flurry of presidential activity since Donald Trump took office once again. Using a sports analogy, all these presidential decrees are meant to Flood the Zone, throwing a ton of stuff on the wall to see what sticks. A less charitable interpretation...
by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 6, 2025 | Witty Repartee on any topic
I am all in favor of belt-tightening and anything that reduces government spending and leads to a more efficient government, but these knuckleheads are tinkering with the plane engine in mid-flight. “Hey, what’s this gizmo?” “I don’t know! Let’s throw it out!” “Good...
by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 26, 2024 | Education, History as it applies to the Future, Science and Emerging Technology
A lot of the information below comes from EarthSky.org. What follows is from my extremely limited and non-scientific perspective. Today’s eighth grader is learning things about which I am only vaguely aware. Here’s what I know: The ancient Greeks had various ideas on...
by Win Lose or Draw | Feb 4, 2024 | Witty Repartee on any topic
First, we all face up to depression without exception. The only difference is in how we deal with it, and there are only three ways. The most popular way is through elevated levels of cynicism, skepticism, and disdain. That approach gives us a temporary sense of...
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