…have a strange effect on human behavior.
I change my watch to the time zone of the arrival airport when I get on the plane.
Category Archives: Science And Society
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
Trump’s Golden Age
How to make it a reality.
[Update a while later]
Donald Trump is a great man of history.
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Advice to Pete Hegseth from Kurt Schichter.
Some unsolicited advice for @PeteHegseth from another combat arms field grade…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 25, 2025
Social media and conservative media is already full of examples of open resistance to your leadership. We’re seeing it from the Air Force in particular. See, e.g.: https://t.co/8r7IxuyoqU
They…
Pete is probably way ahead of him, which is why the Democrats and RINOs fought his nomination.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Understand what happened with Pete Hegseth's nomination and confirmation.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Pete was overwhelmingly supported by the veterans' community. We know he is a dirty boots warrior who has the gumption to straighten out the mess that is the DoD, and collectively we have been his…
Pat Soon-Shiong
An open letter to the owner of the LA Times.
BMI
They’re finally getting rid of it. A metric that doesn’t distinguish between fat and muscle is stupid.
The Fires
Woke DEI + Green Nihilism = Dresden in CA.https://t.co/eRrglaTssz
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) January 14, 2025
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A lot of us knew this during the mayoral compaign, but apparently not enough, or the Hollywood types found it a(nother) reason to vote for her: Karen Bass is a lifelong communist (and particularly Castro) sympathizer.
[Afternoon update]
“I know who caused the fires in Pacific Palisades.“
LA is guaranteed to be a disaster with the people who run it continuing to do so.
[Evening update]
The California fires are a horrifying consequence of Democratic misrule.
Ya think?
How California And LA Got Here
A blistering critique from Mike Shellenberger:
For more than a decade, the media, Democrats, and Hollywood have told us that Western civilization in general and the United States in particular are white supremacist, genocidal, and unsustainable. The founding of America occurred not in 1776 but rather in 1619 with the… pic.twitter.com/jD4f0Mq3oo
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) January 10, 2025
Anti-Aging
Is it really a threat to the future of humanity?
Not in my opinion.
Good Tidings
The judge hasn’t yet ruled on my case, but this seems propitious.
Three-Year Med Schools
This is long overdue. As Robert Shipley notes, in theory this might lower standards, but I think that in practice, many of the standards are unnecessary (particularly since the wokification of medical education). I’ve never been impressed by doctors myself qua doctors.