AI Politicians

AI Politicians

Here’s how politics in America works: The Donkeys (Democratic National Committee or DNC) and Elephants (Republican National Committee or RNC) have carefully constructed two purely hypothetical and illusory public facades for us to either identify with or reject....
Flying Cars

Flying Cars

I often speculate about the world in 2048, the year I will turn 100. The easy prediction is that transportation will be fully automated in order to eliminate human error and traffic fatalities, but until recently my shortsighted opinion was that most transportation...
Asteroid Impacts

Asteroid Impacts

As a boy, I remember sitting in the front yard thinking about the possibility of an asteroid hitting the earth. I decided we’d have to figure out a way to blast them before they hit. Then I forgot all about it and went off to play. I was not the first to contemplate...
American Education

American Education

As a teacher for 33 years, I have posted in defense of hard-working education professionals, who have recently come under a lot of false fire. They are not, as one right wing narrative goes, a pack of Liberals intent on indoctrinating American youth. Wrong on both...
The Tea Party

The Tea Party

In 2009, the Tea Party burst like a glorious firework in the American night sky and then disappeared. Where did it go? It was co-opted both from the top and from the bottom of American society. Let’s Review! The Tea Party movement is said by some to have been born out...
The Magna Carta

The Magna Carta

On this day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, it would seem to be a good time for some reflection as to why the British are still nominally tied to the monarchy, and why we, here in America, seem to care. First it must be acknowledged that England is a monarchy in name...