A Visit to Arkansas
Why Arkansas? “To me, Passion Plays always seemed menacing. They make me picture peasants coming out of a Passion Play on Easter and chasing Jews down the street in a pogrom. But now that I ....
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Can You Draw the United States?
Can you draw a map of the United States – showing all the states – without looking at a map for guidance? I feel like I should be able to. I remember copying a map ....
Belated Announcement
Going a Little Greener with a Leaf I am happy to announce our purchase of a new all-electric car, the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf replaces our 2007 Honda Civic, and joins our other car, a ....
United States Annual Budget, Part II
The federal government spent about 6.4 trillion dollars ($6.4 T) in Fiscal Year 2022 (October 2021 to September 2022). That’s about a quarter of the United States’ 25 trillion-dollar GDP, or about $20,000 per person ....
United States Annual Budget, Part I
Some day I’d like to write an Owners’ Manual to the United States with a summary of how our country operates – things many of us know hazily but can get easily confused on the ....
Veteran Protesting Police Brutality Killed by Soldier – and Texas Governor Approves
Looking for a Victim The Austin Chronicle has an informative article about a recent murder trial. "I might go to Dallas to shoot looters." -Daniel Perry "I might have to kill a few people on ....
Campus Attacks on Free Speech
How much is freedom of speech on campus under attack? Here I’m referring specifically to the freedom for someone affiliated with the university to invite a speaker to give a talk on campus. This freedom ....
Russia Will Not Be Appeased
Recent History Shows that the Problem with Ukraine is Russian Imperialism Guest post by David M. Klinger Satellite view of Novoazovsk and surroundings Ukrainians and Ukrainian The best way to understand modern Ukraine - and, ....
America Made Me Do It
Distorted Accounts of the Failure of Ukraine-Russia Negotiations in April 2022 A leader shuts down the free press in his country, murders and jails opposition leaders, declares that countries that have been independent for 30 ....
Terrain Maps Lack Depth
Capitol Hill. The Seven Hills of Rome. The streets of San Francisco. The Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. Variation in elevation is a major feature of the Earth’s surface, and so I often look ....