Is higher ed in a death spiral?
If so, history will record that it was a suicide.
Category Archives: Economics
NASA’s Latest Budget Issue
Now Mars Sample Return threatens the planetary science budget.
I agree that JPL should be soliciting bids from contractors.
A Question For The Climate Crazies
What evidence would it require for you to change your mind, and for you to realize that it is not a crisis, and that we don’t have to destroy the economy in the name of climate?
This is a (semi)serious question, but mostly a note to write a longer essay about science and falsifiability, that I didn’t have time or gumption to write tonight.
Space-Based Solar Power
For the first time since the 70s, Congress takes an interest.
It’s not a sufficient step, but it’s a necessary one, even if small.
Lunacy
No, Secretary General, fossil fuels are not “incompatible with human survival” — they’re indispensable to human survival.
Student Loan Debt
Can Republicans fix it?
It’s an attempt to tackle the root causes, but even if the bills pass, Biden will probably veto them. But some kind of reform is long overdue.
Budget Cuts And NASA
Bob Zimmerman says don’t sweat it.
The Allure Of Ruins
Ruminations on the death of malls, and cities.
DEI And NASA
Well, here‘s a stupid take.
Narrator: It is possible to be concerned about DEI and the abandonment of merit without being a racist.
The Delusion Continues
It’s kind of hilarious to view the alternate reality SLS proponents continue to live in.