Apparently, news media is hot…but I knew that, that’s why I’m here. What I really find amazing is the high profile people who suddenly became interested only because of an election, as if spammy news hadn’t been showing up in anyone’s Facebook feed until a week before the election. Suddenly, the Pope is interested. Obama was […]
Today I Recommend 12/8/16
My Unhappy Life as a Climate Heretic Web Publication: Wall Street Journal, by Roger Pielke Jr. Prepare the stake and the bonfire We live in a day where it’s hard to decide what we are most polarized about. For decades it was war but now most people are pretty OK with war, even most liberals. […]
Robots, AI, Jobs, and the Coming Greatest Social Upheaval In Your Lifetime
Quite a few of my friends and associates have strong opinions about how conservative economics should work. Issues such as sending jobs to Mexico or instituting a $15/hour minimum wage are presently front and center. (I’m not against keeping jobs in the United States, but I do feel slightly more sympathetic toward the idea of a living […]
Today I Recommend 12/3/16
Today I Recommend 12/3/16 Jon Stewart: The American media has become an “information-laundering scheme” Web Publication: Quartz, by Annalisa Merelli The new dawn in media Jon Stewart…[breath, exhale, sigh]. Jon is the new prophet of media integrity. Since the election, a lot of people have ‘gotten religion’ and media behavior and integrity has gone from tertiary […]
Clouds, Sun, Then Clouds Again
We are in for a rough ride. Just as soon as everyone exhausted themselves from the extreme animus over the elections, and what seemed like a couple days of partial sunlight, clouds gather again. Here is my take on some major news point in the past week: Regarding the debate over the Electoral College It […]
Today I recommend 11/24/16
Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House Web Publication: Forbes.com, by Steven Bertoni Cool Efficiency Presently, a great deal of attention is focused on whom Trump is selecting for various advisory and cabinet positions. This article “Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House” by Steven Bertoni may be a […]