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Q: I recently encountered a sentence about the need for “state and local leadership on immigration.” This use of “on” strikes me as lazy and inconsiderate of syntax. It’s probably permissible in conversation, but not in edited writing....
Every so often the debt of a country becomes a political issue and writers start cranking out pieces like this in the Wall Street Journal about how: “The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a...
Excerpt from "A Snake Whistles" by Travis Diehl
One of the knocks against AI is that it may erode critical thinking. Really? Like, more than social media? More than conservative talk radio? More than an attention-based economy? More than popular media saturated with marketing...
Germany long fielded Marineinfanterie units, especially during the World Wars of the 20th Century, along with ship detachments, the latter coming in very handy during the Kaiser’s colonial period (1884-1918). Disbanded in 1945, the West...
Warmth. Sunshine. The Northwest is lurching toward summer. At the moment delivering mail is pleasant. I haven’t yet needed to use the fan in my truck. That’s great because the fan mostly just moves the air around rather than cools …...
Some 65 years ago. The Essex-class training carrier USS Antietam (CVS-36) was in the Gulf of Mexico during Project Strato-lab V, in which the first manned balloon carrier landing was made. The 10 million cubic foot balloon shown below...
I love the concept of gun competitions based on golf. Full stop. I had the honor of attending and competing in SilencerCo’s “Chubbs Peterson Memorial Rifle Golf Tournament” back in 2023 as part of the rollout for the new Scythe series...
Read the full post at - 6+ Favorite Books on Asian Culture and History (So Far!) A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Asian Culture and History...so far.
The first link. Leads to this paragraph: Starting twenty years ago, just after the Association of Brewers merged with the Brewers’ Association of America to create the BA, Craft beer went on a tear. Each year brought stories of growth,...
Like Shakespeare I went to a grammar school. I didn’t stop to think deeply about why grammar schools were called grammar schools, but I did learn grammar at school. Now I learn with the help of AI that grammar schools … Continue reading →
Essex coastal walk from Shoeburyness to Haven Point via Wakering Stairs and then along the banks of the River Roach. First we explore the fascinating site of a Victorian brickworks now buried beneath the coast with Professor Kate Spencer...
YouTube recommended me a segment from Cal Newport’s podcast lately with five rules for combating brain rot.[1] Here’s a quick summary with some comments, minus Newport’s overly nerdy procedures for doing these things. Read long-form...