What Do I Know?

I'm working on posts related to COVID and our mayor, and on redistricting, but it takes time to post something that's got something ...

As I said the other day (actually it was just yesterday) news stories fly by so fast and superficially, that there's hardly time to put ...

Ben Wizner explains why he's making this discussion public: "Through it all, I’ve found him to be the clearest, most patient, and...

An April 24, 2017 article in The Intercept covers various instances of surveillance work related to Japan, based on reports they say they ...

[NOTE: This post began focused on the folly of not preventing disaster, an idea I've been toying with for a while as I try to make the ...

I've avoided posts about Edward Snowden.  Yes, I've mentioned him now and then, but I've held off from writing about him in much...

The Wiki-Leaks source Bradley Manning was condemned as a traitor and convicted to 35 years in prison. Edward Snowden is stuck in Moscow f...

A.  Fog of Politics As I get ready to head out to the Democratic caucus in Anchorage this morning, the world outside is shrouded in fog....

Antonin Scalia has died.  When someone dies who has, in your view of the world, been a force that has made rich people richer, poor people p...

The China Mirage  tells the story of how missionaries serving in China and wealthy descendants of opium traders (like both the Roosevelt pre...

Meeting My Granddaughter On this blog, my policy is to not post pictures of family without permission or if I do, I try to alter the ima...

In Obama's talk this morning he used the euphemism "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques."   What he means is torture.  This pos...

The information which led to the suspension of a dozen major league baseball players this week, was stolen from the company.  A disgruntled ...