Washington D.C. never made much sense. We are the United States of America, but DC residents don’t have a state. That makes them a special case, different than the rest of us. Their city politicians may care more about sucking up to national leaders, than they care about the residents.
Nobody cares that Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace accord. Would you care more if you knew that the Tartars are from Azerbaijan, so that’s probably where tartar sauce was invented? If you liked fish sticks you’d be interested.
The world needs an International FAFO Day. One day to consider that if you fool around, you may not like what you find out.
EPA Proposes Rollback of ‘Hated’ Feature in New Cars
For those who have ever stopped at an intersection only for their car to fall silent and then jolt back to life moments later, relief may be on the horizon.
Some government rules are so pointless or counterproductive, the goal seems to be to punish us or keep us mildly irritated.
The New Hot Topic in European Politics Is Air Conditioning
The New Hot Topic in European Politics Is Air Conditioning
Europeans have always been slow to accept air conditioning and ice in drinks. They need to get over it.
Rahm Emanuel was on Megyn Kelly’s show last night. He is an old-school Democrat who doesn’t sound crazy. He used to be in Congress and was the mayor of Chicago.
Emanuel was talking about education, and was listing his four policies. “T is for technology…A is for attendance…..R is for reading…”
Rahm talks a lot, but he had my attention. Where is he going with this? If the fourth item is “D is for discipline”, he might get my vote.
Rahm Emanuel’s Technology, Attendance, Reading and Discipline policy.
This post is about fluoridated water and dental health. Sparky doesn’t have much to do with it, but I will get to him at the end.
RFK, Jr. Protects The Nation’s Precious Bodily Fluids
Chemistry can seem like magic, so know the cost. In engineering terms, “everything is a trade off.” This substack article addresses RFK’s interest in fluoride.
The battle over fluoride has been raging for longer than I have been alive, dating as far back as the 1930s. While the scientific basis for opposing fluoridization may have changed, the arguments to a large degree remain unchanged.
President Trump Orders National Parks to Raise Fees on International Visitors
It was a bold choice to wear a straw boater hat for a serious backpacking trip, but it works. This is 1991, in Andalusia, Spain. Gorge, in the Wally Cleaver shirt, was a fun work friend, and Isabel, with the pink backpack, was my best friend and savior. The other four were friends of theirs.
My Spaniards and I were backpacking in the Sierra Nevada National Park. That seems like an unlikely name for a national park in Spain, but it means “snow covered mountains”.
“Bastille Day” is how you say, “4th of July” in the metric system.
This video explains Bastille Day in less than 3 minutes.
Pew Research: People in Many Countries Consider the U.S. an Important Ally
For this Pew Research Center analysis, we asked respondents in 25 nations which country they think is the most important ally to their own. Then we asked which country they think poses the greatest threat to their own.
Pew Research surveyed almost 30,000 people and looked at the ally/enemy question several different ways. Respondents didn’t choose from a list, but could write anything down.
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