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.
Veterans
…you should remember today.
[Update a while later]
At precisely 11:11 a.m. on Veterans Day, November 11, the sun shines in perfect alignment with the Anthem Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona. pic.twitter.com/88E80aSkTG
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) November 11, 2025
Both my parents were veterans of WW II. Very few of that generation remain with us, and that war, the greatest one in history, is passing from living memory.
Less Warming
When it means “more fear.”
I think/hope that the climate grift is on its last legs.
Tooth Enamel
They may have come up with a way to regrow it.
Now let’s get on with regrowing teeth themselves.
Where Groypers Come From
I despise the Groyper movement, but if you want to understand where Fuentes gets purchase with young men I will tell you how it happened by telling you about my experience at the orientation night when my son joined elementary school band:
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) November 11, 2025
My 11 year old son son joined the… https://t.co/1ixiAQJwos pic.twitter.com/0tvRrtVUVI
A Fifty-Year Mortgage?
In this scenario, which is basically almost an interest-only loan, you don’t really own your home; you’re just renting it from the bank.
The Armed Awakening
…of America’s radical left.
The Cold Civil War is defrosting, and I don’t think the left will ultimately be happy with the results.
Orion
I’m not sure — he’s sometimes subtle — but one gets the impression that he doesn’t like it.
Elon Strikes Back
It will be quite amusing if Duffy has goaded him into beating SLS/Orion to the Moon.
I’m glad that he’s realized it was politically stupid to say that the Moon “is a distraction.”
[Update a while later]
HLS interior. A true spaceship. But here's my mindblowing take. This is by far the worst Starship interior we will ever see. I think this is a very bare bones cladding that will be blown out of the water by their LETS lander, and standard crew variant.
— Ken Kirtland IV (@KenKirtland17) October 30, 2025
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Bill Gates
Why he (finally) turned on the climate alarmists and said it isn’t an apocalypse.
I don’t know why anyone ever took him seriously on the subject in the first place. Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you’re smart.