“How I knew they were lying.”
Slight quibble: Beverly Hills is east of the 405.
Category Archives: Economics
Failure Is Not Not An Option
In spaceflight, it’s a necessity.
Fauci
He’s been a national catastrophe.
How We Forgot Pol Pot
Revisiting the killing fields.
If Marxism means enforced equality, its ultimate endpoint is this. Individuals cannot be ‘allowed’ as they might be ‘different’, they might laugh or be happy, unlike others. Beauty – physical, artistic, sexual, spiritual, intellectual – must likewise be ruthlessly extinguished, because it too prevents a Marxist Utopia. Beauty is unfair. It must be eliminated.
Does this matter? Yes, because we live in a time when kids think Marxism is cool again. When self-confessed Marxist Jeremy Corbyn is seen as an amusing old uncle.
In the early 80s, I worked with a man from Cambodia at Rockwell who had managed to escape, just a few years earlier. He was a good guy, smart engineer, but understandably didn’t want to talk about that.
What Happened To SVB?
A comprehensive explanation, and what it potentially means.
Newsom’s corrupt years of lobbying and donations pay off.
The Silicon Valley Era
…is coming to an end.
It’s Dead, Jim
The latest on the crazy-train fiasco in California.
American Fascism
It’s a variant, of course, of general American Marxism.
Adaptive Reuse
Thoughts from thirteen years ago (but still relevant) on aging and retirement.
I don’t feel old, and I’m not ready either financially or psychologically to retire. There is still a lot to accomplish in space, and things are just starting to get interesting, with possibilities for things I’ve been working to make happen for over four decades. And I’m still hoping for rejuvenation.
The View From California
Still nutty as ever, but even they don’t want to see Newsom as president.
[Update a while later]
California is America’s shadow self.