Long, but interesting. Why it is perfectly safe to not take them seriously.
Unfortunately, this BS lies at the foundation of much of academia.
Category Archives: Economics
The Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
The political gloves are off now. The left is being openly accused of promoting, deliberately or through idealistic ignorance, an deal of mass Third World migration into the West in exchange for electoral gain.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 28, 2025
The replacement vote idea has gone from taboo in polite conversation…
Photonic Computing
Are we on the verge of it?
The Future Of Journalism
Yes, the times they are a’changing.
The Anti-Promethean Backlash(es)
Thoughts on its source(s), from Virginia Postrel.
One of the irritating things about the immigration debate is the conflation of opposition to immigration per se, and opposition to the unrestricted flooding of the country with people who have been completely unvetted, and many of whom are coming not for American opportunity but rather government handouts, and many of whom hate America (e.g., Somalians in Minnesota).
The Louisville Crash
I remember the Chicago event. It’s interesting that some aircraft get their lives extended forever (e.g., the B-52 and the 737) and others age out.
Military Necessity
…and the right to repair.
It’s a complicated issue. I wonder how much this issue is going to bleed over into space hardware?
Reality Has Caught Up To “Climate Change”
Good news, from VDH.
A “Simplified” Lunar Architecture
What could it look like?
Nothing New Under The Sun
I was digging through the archives looking for my first Veteran’s Day post in 2001, and I ran across this fisking of an op-ed on space policy from The Economist. It holds up pretty well, I think. I wish that they had followed my advice then. We’d be a lot further ahead.