I’d like to play a parlor game and pretend that I’m a Democrat consultant for a day. As an Independent with a slight conservative bent, this is an odd fit but I do have some basis to play the part. My father was a life long Democrat whom I believe voted almost entirely conservative but […]
Archives for June 2017
The Trump Scorecard 6/21/17
A regular Wednesday feature that takes a summary look at hot news issues surrounding Trump during the past week With this entry, the regular three-part synopsis format of the Trump Scorecard will take a vacation, perhaps for the summer or a week or forever. Time will tell. In it’s place I’ll present a single […]
The Trump Scorecard 6/7/17
A regular Wednesday feature that takes a summary look at hot news issues surrounding Trump during the past week Where Trump’s initiatives should succeed: Paris Climate Treaty | This deal was rejected by Trump, lets just look at the outcome. This was an exercise in mass international group-think. America has shown leadership by not buying […]
TIR 6/2/17: The Long, Slow, Rotten March of Progress
The Long, Slow, Rotten March of Progress Web Publication: The Outline, by Sam Kriss This is the first article I’ve seen that starts to forcefully ask the important existential question about the locus of tech, coding. Of course coding is a useful thing. It pays a lot of bills and it creates efficiencies and connections […]