The convergence of Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7
Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to…
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U.S. still bungling Iran nuclear deal
The self-esteem of two-year-olds and nation-states is too fragile for them to admit they were wrong, which makes…
Making plans for a Republican split
If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood…
Vaccine nationalism is not a zero-sum game
My wife and I had our first shots of a COVD-19 vaccine this weekend (Astra-Zeneca, since you ask),…
More danger today from war games in Taiwan
Most news agencies reported on Sunday that China sent large groups of fighters and bombers into the Taiwanese…
Lucky Joe Biden and the undoing of Trump
Joe Biden is thrice-blessed. Not only did he win the Democratic nomination and then the presidential election, but…
Trying to make sense of vaccine triage
Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as…
WikiLeak’s Assange: (almost) free at last!
On Monday morning, a British judge finally rejected the U.S. attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and…
Past the spring and into the Arab winter
Ten years ago this month, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of…
The Love Jihad isn’t really a problem in India
The ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance’ was passed into law in the north Indian state of Uttar…