Category Archives: Social Commentary
Human Rights
Do they extend beyond the planet?
The fact that the UN declaration is a “universal” one strongly suggests that they do. I disagree that “health” is a human right, though.
Another “City On Mars” Review
Genital Preferences
My response to trans activists who tell me I can’t have them?
F**k you. Or, rather, if you have the wrong genitals, there is no effing way I’m going to f**k you.
Living And Dying In 3/4 Time
Thoughts on aging, from Glenn Reynolds.
I’m a few years older, but I view things similarly. I, too, have noticed more of my cohorts shuffling off this mortal coil (e.g., Chuck Lauer two or three years ago, and Mark Hopkins a year or so ago, though he had clearly been in poor health for a while).
I hope I have more than another twenty healthy years, but I obviously can’t count on it. And I don’t really know what “retirement” means, other than being able to do what I want to do, as opposed to what I wouldn’t voluntarily do if someone else wasn’t paying me to do it. I don’t golf, or have any hobbies, really, and I want to stay involved in space in what (despite my having lived through Apollo) is rapidly becoming the most exciting period of my life for that industry. I am still trying to make interesting things happen, and generate enough income from it for us to travel and enjoy life more while we have our health.
A Problematic Form Of Life Extension
Ummmm…no thanks.
A Good Start
Iowa is going to can overpaid (any pay would be too much) DEI deans.
Why People Think The Economy Sucks
I rarely eat fast food except when traveling. And I never have it delivered. I think that a lot of people who are paying other people to cook for them and deliver the food can’t really afford it.
“The Game”
It was a great way to end an era. There will likely never again be a Michigan-Ohio State game with as much on the line as this one, and it may be that it will no longer be the last game in the regular season, with the new additions to the conference. It looks like this could be a legendary year for the Wolverines. But they have to beat Iowa next week, and then see how the seeds turn out for the playoffs.
Against Safetyism
Is it a bigger threat than the ones it’s supposed to prevent?
They don’t mention space, but I think that safetyism lies at the heart of Kelly’s and Zach’s concerns.