The Echo of Memory
An Origin Story with a Tamil Song Twist
Unbreaking News: Notes From the Other Side
Anecdotes, appreciations, and appropriately cynical takes on current events, foreign affairs, and whatever else grabs my attention.
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US POLITICS ENTERING CONFUSED AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS NEW PHASE:
NODIS COMMUNICATION FROM AMBASSADOR OF OSTRAVIA IN WASHINGTON DC TO FOREIGN MINISTER OF OSTRAVIA (IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, OSTRAVIA IS A FICTIONAL COUNTRY)
Corruption, not the Project Itself or the Public Interest, Is the Point:
Reflections on the Reflecting Pool Fiasco and Related Boondoggles
It All Comes Down to Trust, or the Lack of It
Is There a Way to End the War with Iran in the Absence of Trust and Verification?
Notes on the Importance of Defense, Quick Passing, and Team Play
Congratulations to Team Spain for its Brilliant, Record-Breaking World Cup Victory! (And Other Life Lessons)
America Voted For This (And We Can Vote Ourselves Out of it)
A Clear Mandate for the Radical and Comprehensive Move to Destroy our Democracy, Including by Rigging Elections in the Name of Unrigging Them (Unless We the People Put a Stop to It)
“That’s Not Fair!”
And Other Perverse Complaints of Our Supremely Privileged “Pituco” Class--Personified by the Omni-Entitled American President, the One who has been Treated "Very Unfairly" for So Long
Is Latin America Really Turning “Trumpy” or Simply Reverting to Its Populist Roots?
Either Way, The Real Surprise is a “Trumpy” United States
US Diplomacy is Flying Blindfolded, Not Just Blind
Just Because You’re Not Allowed to Say It Doesn’t mean It’s Not So and Doesn't Mean It Won't Bite You Either.
The Triumph of Strategic Perversity (Again) –
First a Perverse Iran War and Now an Inane MOU
The Shooting War with Iran Has Undermined US Strategic Interests
“Measures Short of War” Were Never Nothing (Nor Are They Now)
Darth Vader Buys a Mansion in Buenos Aires
Thoughts on Peter Thiel’s Bold Move to Argentina
Fire the President Before He Fires You!
Open Letter to Congressional Republicans - Take Two
America the Beautiful, the Grand, and the Dr. Seussian
Part III - No Way to Capture It in Photos
The Natural Greatness of America
Part II – Southern Utah’s National Parks
America Has Been Great for a Long Dam(n) Time
Part I – Hoover Dam
“Do This; Don’t Do That!”
We Should Not Do Most of the Things We are Doing and Do Many of the Things We are Not Doing
There Are Good Ways and Bad Ways to Build on Public Land
The National Park Police Horse Stables on the National Mall and the “Big Beautiful Ballroom” on White House Grounds are Contrasting Cases in Point
Fraud’s Scorpion Sting:
Dante’s Geryon as Fair Warning to Us
Is This Really Us?
Reflections on Representation
Welcome to a World Where Nothing is Real
Shots in the Dark of a Resurgent Nuclear Age