ISRAELI GOVERNMENT BLACKMAIL
Israeli Government blackmail sounds plausible under many scenarios, including the way that I mean it here. The Israeli government has, for many years, successfully played …
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
I have been a fan of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program for many years. It was founded in Geneva in 1968, to provide a high-level …
LYSISTRATA, REVISTED
Lysistrata, revisited, in the U.S., seems an unlikely occurrence even in the bizarre state of the nation at the moment. Most people will have heard …
FLAT TAX RATE
I read two reports recently that made me resurrect my previous thoughts about a flat tax rate for the United States. The concept of …
CECILIA PAYNE
The cosmic importance of hydrogen was first grasped by a young PhD student, Cecilia Payne (Payne-Gaposchkin after she married), who in 1925 discovered hydrogen in …
ETHNIC FAMILY INCOME
The chart above shows ethnic family income in the U.S. as published by the 2023 U.S. Census Bureau. It is surprising in many ways and, …
GIANT REDWOOD TREES
There are more Giant Redwood trees in the U.K. than there are in their native habitat in California. How’s that for an incredible statement, which …
HEATHER COX-RICHARDSON
This article, by columnist and historian Heather Cox-Richardson, is particularly relevant given the current state of the presidential election in the U.S. The danger posed …
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
What happened to middle of the road politics? The essence of democracy is the idea that compromise is a fundamental process that produces the best …
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic violence has been feature of human existence for generations, if not millenia. However, it is only recently that statistics have gathered on any sort …