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Category Archives: History
The Battle Of The Bulge
It’s now the 75th anniversary. Here’s a satire I wrote to commemorate the 60th.
116 Years
That’s how long it’s been since the first powered controlled flight at Kitty Hawk. On the hundredth anniversary, I wrote three separate essays. One at Fox News, one at National Review, and one at TechCentralStation. Unfortunately, the latter has succumbed to link rot.
[Update a while later]
Reader Sam Dinkin found it on the Wayback Machine.
The IG Report
It undercuts Nadler’s credibility on impeachment. Not that he ever had much to begin with.
It also proved something that’s been pretty obvious for years; Adam Schiff has been a serial liar from the beginning.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Schiff town hall erupts into cries of “liar” and “treason.” They’re not wrong. Unfortunately, his seat is probably safe in that district, which is why he can get away with this.
Boris Johnson’s Revolution
Thoughts from Michael Barone.
I’m encouraged that he wants to emphasize science and technology. This could create some useful Anglospheric alliances in space, particularly if he sets up a Royal Space Force.
[Update a few minutes later]
He’s going after the Beeb. That would be amazing if he could get rid of that pack of leftist hacks.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Me, Too
Voters favor firing and/or jailing government officials who targeted Trump.
Reflections On Apollo
British space lawyer Joanne Wheeler has collected the thoughts of many current space leaders.
I think there are more false lessons from Apollo than valid ones. It really did create a damaging mindset for the next half century, from which we’re only starting to recover.
(Note, the format is a little confusing; the quotes come before, not after the names.)
Regulating Outer Space
Thoughts from Laura Montgomery on the constitutionality of it.
A Heroine Passes
RIP, Dame Mary Barraco. What a story.
The Unfinished Symphony
…is being finished by AI.
It will be very interesting to hear what it comes up with.