Category Archives: Education
Harris Or Trump
Can the West survive four years of either?
For all his myriad flaws, I think we’ll be much better off with him.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: Will Israel save western civilization?
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Did Israel just get permission to retaliate against Iran from a (not so) surprising source?
[October 25th update]
Since it’s become an issue in comments, I think that this X post is relevant.
I worked in the White House with John Kelly, and I don’t believe a word he says. He was a terrible chief of staff who dishonestly kept information from the President to pursue his own agenda, an unelected former military official substituting his judgment for the duly elected… https://t.co/x1kk27vie6
— Mark Paoletta (@MarkPaoletta) October 25, 2024
[Bumped]
[Afternoon update]
How to solve the problem with the military:
I’ve had a number of people ask me what I think happened that caused our senior military leadership to go from being the most respected institution in America to being a bunch of banana republic narcissistic self-serving politicos.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 24, 2024
There are so many ways to answer that, but I…
The “National Security Leaders For America”
…are Democrats. And they should be ashamed of themselves for the deception. But they’re Democrats, so they have no shame.
[Afternoon update]
33 reasons why former Democrat Bill Ackman is voting for Trump:
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must…
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) October 11, 2024
On the Anniversary
A round up of commentary.
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It is past time to name the enemy.
[Afternoon update]
Anthony Fauci
The man who thought he was science.
I wonder if he will ever be held accountable.
Culture Drift
Indeed. This is part of what is meant by the saying that “good times create soft men, and soft men create hard times.”
Israel
…takes the gloves off. As they should, and keep them off a year into this war. But vile people will be celebrating the anniversary tomorrow on campuses.
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Karol Markovicz: “I have spent the past year angry at Jews.”
Sending Humans Into Space
A professor says to stop doing it, because it’s “imperialist.”
I do sort of agree with this, though: “Mandel said the space industry is ‘highly bureaucratic, highly politicized, and highly technical,’ and the more she learned the more she began to question the utility of continued manned space operations.”
She’s not wrong about that; I question its utility, the way NASA continues to go about it. It certainly doesn’t seem worth the money to me. But that’s a separate issue from SpaceX’s methods and goals which, unlike the government human-spaceflight program, which is run primarily as a jobs program, are focused on actually moving humanity into space in a serious way. But she seems to be damning all of human spaceflight with the bad example set by NASA. And I’m sure that she thinks that Elon is even more “imperialist” than NASA.
[Late-morning update]
Don’t be a puddlefish:
The first entity to establish a Mars colony will be the universe's first trillionaire.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) October 2, 2024
Lately, we've had a lot of puddlefish whining about how "we" shouldn't go to Mars.
Some of them actually think they get a vote, based on economic illiteracy and the delusion that SpaceX is… https://t.co/7dCy04qecV
Pro-Hamas Events On October 7th
What should be done about them?
When people tell you who they are, believe them.
Epistemic Authority
Thoughts on who to believe.