Little Rock Recently, I had a wakeup call realizing that our missile defense system is a gazillion dollar charade with perhaps 50% effectiveness. Having watched a good part of the East and Western Conference NBA finals, I couldn’t get one of the commercials out of my mind about whether “pretty good, is good enough.” I’m …
Category: Ideas and Issues
The Math and Money behind Reparations
Greenville Several candidates have indicated in very general terms that they are sympathetic to reparations, including Senators Warren, Sanders, and Booker, and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro. That doesn’t mean it’s coming, but perhaps there will start being some meat on these bones. Several scholars have tried to put some math to the question, and …
Duck-and-Cover, Climate is Not the Only Global Catastrophe Ahead
New Orleans I’m not immune from the horrors of the daily news, god knows, but heavy daily doses have hardened my shell to flak jacket and Teflon resilience. That said, I found an article in the June 2019 issue of Scientific American absolutely chilling. Furthermore, I felt like such a fool for having unquestionably …