Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

It’s 6:00 AM in Utah and about 1,000 runners, including me, just started the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon. It starts at 7,600 ft elevation near the entrance of Bryce and ends 13.1 miles later in Cannonvile at 5,800 ft.

Mongols, Redskins, and overreaching trademark cases

Washington Redskins logo

One would think if you named your organization something the federal government wouldn’t come charging in and try to take the name from you because they don’t like the name or you. Yet that is precisely what is happening with…

The Servitude Economy. Peasants service the well-off

Insanely silly startups coddling the whims and needs of the few now have ludicrously high valuations. Of course it’s a bubble. And it will pop. Meanwhile, armies of the poor are being exploited to coddle the well-off, some of whom…

Compact fusion reactors are safe, emissions-free, and coming

Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works says their compact fusion reactors will be operational in ten years. If so, this could change the world. Seriously. Compact fusion reactors are emissions free, safe, and produce prodigious amounts of energy, 3-4x more than…

Young Greek woman: “I am terrified of tomorrow”

ATM line, Greece

A anguished 21 year old Greek woman details how horrendous the situation is there now. She prays it will not get worse, and is almost certainly wrong. Greece has no good choices. It doesn’t even have bad choices. Greece should…