Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Wolves, cattle, wilderness and control

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I'm reminded, yet again, that in so many cases, government edicts or actions don't necessarily have anything to do with the problem...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Heh

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This meme over at Chief Nose Wetter's place made me laugh. It particularly made me laugh because it reminded me of an Africa st...
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The Horowitz report: exposing the plot to overthrow a President

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After the release of the Horowitz report last week, I've been waiting to see how the reactions shook out, and particularly what emerge...
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Monday, December 16, 2019

You think you're tough? Try removing your own appendix!

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I recently came across a fascinating article about a Russian doctor who cut out his own appendix, after being left with no alternative. ...
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"A River of Horns" is published!

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My latest Western novel, " A River of Horns ", fourth in the Ames Archives series, has been published in e-book format.  A print ...
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Sunday, December 15, 2019

Sunday morning music

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It seems only yesterday that we celebrated Christmas . . . but another year has passed, and the liturgical calendar has rolled around yet a...
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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Saturday Snippet: more hazards on the trail

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Following my recent heart attack , I've found my writing activities severely disrupted.  Part of it is the sheer amount of time I have ...
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Friday, December 13, 2019

80 years of MiG fighters

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The aircraft design bureau headed by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich , which has gone down in history by the amalgamation of the first ...
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"Trouble in the Wind"

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Earlier this year, authors Chris Kennedy and James Young partnered to bring to market a trilogy of alternate-history short story antholog...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

You trust your local government at your peril

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Wendell Phillips said in 1852: Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. The manna o...
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If you allow "smart" devices to listen to you non-stop, you're crazy

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Yet again, we've been reminded that all these "smart" devices like Amazon's Echo , Apple's Homepod , and Google Home...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

In memoriam: Marie Fredriksson of Roxette

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I was saddened to read of the death of Marie Fredriksson , one of the duo who formed the Swedish pop/rock group Roxette in the 1980's....
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The IG report's whitewashing of the FBI is statistically unbelievable

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Karl Denninger points out that a statistical analysis of the Inspector General's report on the FBI investigation into President Trump ...
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Not so fast on the Afghanistan analysis!

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The Washington Post recently published a lengthy article headed " The Afghanistan Papers:  A secret history of the war ".  It pur...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

"Government employees multiplying like rabbits"

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That's the title of a thought-provoking  article at BizPacReview.  Here's an excerpt. By 2015, the Bureau of Labor Statistics s...
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No, things were NOT better under white rule in South Africa

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There seems to be a perennial attempt to insinuate that the only reason things are so bad in South Africa these days is because white supre...
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California's homeless crisis: a musical explanation

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We've visited the homelessness  crisis before.  It's particularly bad in Los Angeles, but the same problem exists in other Califor...
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Monday, December 9, 2019

Ornithology, not ecclesiology - thank heaven!

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A news headline made me sit up in sudden concern last week: Cardinal with rare abnormality discovered in central Texas However, I n...
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It's the end of the world as we know it - and we feel terrible!

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Three articles struck a powerful chord in me over the past few days.  They all approach a central theme from different directions, but thei...
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