"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
The Paris climate agreement included much self-important huffing and puffing by delegates about saving the planet, perky articles by asleep at the wheel journalists about how terribly important it was, and in the end produced absolutely nothing. No hard goals…
After years of construction and €1billion in costs, the Wendelstein 7-X machine in Germany successfully generated plasma, a major first step in creating nuclear fusion reactors, which do not use or create radioactive materials. Up until now, commercial nuclear fusion…
There’s a new Islamist threat! Let’s go bomb something. Surely that will solve the problem even though it never has before and generally makes things worse because, wait for it, people get pissed when you blow up their villages and…
New satellite data shows that groundwater depletion isn’t as severe as previously thought. The drought is what is causing drops in soil moisture. Yes, there has been water loss. However the cause is natural and not due to humans. As…
The ongoing liquidation of the $800m Third Avenue junk bond fund highlights current chaos in the financial world. The fund has lost 27% this year and is telling “investors” they can’t withdraw money until the fund liquidates, which probably means…
Hillary Clinton was a Goldwater supporter in 1964 and embraced conservatism. In many ways she still does, even as her public statements pretend otherwise. As Secretary of State, she was far more hawkish than Obama, has never met an investment…
While the proposed first link of the California High Speed Rail, the “train to nowhere” from Madera to Fresno, has received funding totaling $12.9 billion, it’s nowhere enough to do this initial 300 mile link, much less the entire rail…