Hot Air
Do we need a peacetime draft?
Talk about words to shiver your timbers.Read More
WaPo columnist wants to “shame Republican judges”
It's hard to escape the feeling that people are slowly pulling bricks out of the wall that shores up the American government these days. We are already at a point where both the approval of and confidence in our…
NOLA mayor enters legal battle over recall with an empty war chest
The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell marches on. Late last week organizers sued two election officials, setting the stage for what will likely be a long legal and political fight. The recall effort has to…
Bing’s chatbot is really scary
ChatGPT is woke, but Microsoft's Bing Chatbot is downright scary.Read More
The tactics used by one ‘reputation management’ company to remove negative information from the internet
Have you heard of these "reputation management" firms? Here in Orange County they advertise on the radio. The basic idea is that if you own company which has received some sort of negative attention on the internet,…
Yep. Moscow knew in advance about Biden’s trip
When I was watching and writing about Joe Biden's visit to Kyiv this morning, I brought up the potential dangers involved with such a trip. The White House was busy for much of the day touting the "historic"…
Why does it seem only sane people get canceled?
I'm asking this for a very good reason, born of frustration, but it's no doubt just more shaking an angry fist at the sky for all the good it does asking.Read More
Buttigieg’s letter to railroad CEO is too little and too late
The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train happened on February 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Since then there has been a slow and often silent response by the federal government.Read More
NBC News’ coverage of Nikki Haley is a bit different than their coverage of Kamala Harris
When Kamala Harris was running for Vice President in 2020, NBC News made a point of reporting on all the historic firsts she represented. NBC News seemed eager to help her capitalize on her identity in this August 2020…
It’s here: let’s implement WWII-style rationing to fight climate change
You knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. Everybody should have known it was coming. But of course, the powers-that-be are doing their best to turn up the temperature so slowly that the frogs don't jump out of the…