This Is The Way

This Is The Way

If you ever loved anything about Star Wars, know this: The Mandalorian is the best thing to happen to the franchise since the 1980s. It’s not change-your-life in epic magnitude, but it manages to do what it does almost without any wrong notes.  Speaking of which, even...
A WWII Story You May Not Have Heard

A WWII Story You May Not Have Heard

I was thinking about Abraham Wald today. If the stories can be believed, he was kind of a war hero in WWII, although I don’t think he got any medals for it. I don’t know how much of it is apocryphal and how much is verified fact, but this is my understanding of his...
It’s Over

It’s Over

We, the citizens of the United States of America, are a people who have lost the ability to govern ourselves. We reliably vote for representatives who will not address our most urgent needs, representatives who literally vow not to do so. That is who we are. There is...
Curveball

Curveball

That’s what I called it several weeks ago when I said “the next curveball in this election is going to be that one of the candidates gets it.” And by “it” I was of course referring to the coronavirus. I only said what a lot of people were thinking. And now here we...
There’s Not Going To Be An Election

There’s Not Going To Be An Election

I’m convinced of that now. At least not a fair and legitimate one. Between the vote suppression, justice department October surprises, USPS shenanigans, and Russia… it’s just not gonna happen. Either the 45th president of the United States and his backers are...