A comprehensive explanation, and what it potentially means.
Newsom’s corrupt years of lobbying and donations pay off.
Category Archives: Economics
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.
Student-Loan SCOTUS Arguments
Via Robert Shibley, who has an elegant solution to the problem: “1. Capitalize the schools to loan enough money for 4 years of student loans. 2. No selling the loan notes – let them loan the money and collect it. The end. What do you wanna bet that college suddenly gets rigorous and cheap?”
I’d take that bet.
Masks Worked
They just didn’t stop Covid.
Vietnam
The great strategic opportunity?
We could do worse, and probably will.