Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Now it's not just the "nutcases:" A health condition initially described by Clinton’s campaign as a brief episode of overheating during the outdoor event – a situation downplayed by a stronger-looking candidate in the afternoon – was identified later as pneumonia when the campaign released a four-sentence statement from Clinton’s physician. The campaign did not …
Continue reading "Hillary's Health Problems? Should Have Done Some Due Diligence First"
She's made quite a statement in the wake of the multi-billion euro judgment: The Apple ruling is big, but it is only the latest international effort to end the deals that American multinationals have used to pay near-zero tax rates. The European Commission is investigating Luxembourg’s tax arrangements for Amazon and McDonald’s, and last year …
Continue reading "The Thing Elizabeth Warren Missed About the Apple-Ireland Decision"
I said a couple of weeks ago that I was shifting away from commenting on things Anglican, but my past has caught up with me again. As I have mentioned more than once, I am an alumnus of the St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton, FL, and same school is now caught up in a …
Continue reading "Old News, New News: The St. Andrew's School Sex Scandal"
Things in China got off to a rough start: President Barack Obama downplayed dust-ups involving the U.S. delegation and Chinese security officials during the opening hours of his trip to Hangzhou for the G-20 summit, but said Sunday the U.S. would not apologize for its efforts to expand media access in the country. "We don’t …
Continue reading "If You Want to Support Press Freedom, Start At Home"
Megan McCardle has a great revelation, now that Obamacare is in serious trouble: Here’s my radical plan: If the Obamacare exchanges are going to result in, at best, people being able to buy Medicaid-style plans with limited choices and benefits, then why not just eliminate the middleman and give them … Medicaid? Where was she …
Continue reading "Waking Up Too Late on Medicaid Expansion and "Fixing" Obamacare"
In this case literally, as can be see in the CCTV video linked here. It's a classic example of a problem called subsidence. When cities expand, the water delivery systems often lag, which means that people use well water. Many wells result in the lowering of the water table, which in turn results in the …
It's nice to mark milestones, so ten years ago today Positive Infinity began its migration (it took some time to complete it) to a WordPress blog. The post that announced it is here and you can catch up on some of the history up to that point. I want to look at two things: what's …
As the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland is doing: The Church’s wooing of the SNP is largely to blame. It started when Cardinal Winning clashed with the then Labour Executive over their social liberalism. Winning and many of the other people in charge convinced themselves that the nationalists were going to be more onside on issues like abortion. There was absolutely …
Continue reading "When the Social Justice Warriors Get in Their Own Way"
As we start another football season, it's good to pause and look back at those who have hit the field, lead others to do so, or both. Nearly two score and two conferences back, Texas A&M's coach was Tom Wilson, who led the Aggies to victory in the 1981 Independence Bowl. This week Coach Wilson …
Continue reading "What's Really Important When You Hit the Field"
It may seem an odd time to do a pseudo-graduation piece. Obviously the University of Tennessee thinks so: this weekend I am supposed to officially receive my PhD degree, but the university, having spent a great deal of money on a new, traditional looking quad, doesn't do an August graduation ceremony, with a graduation speech …
Continue reading "Advice to Graduates: The Two Promises I Made to Myself"
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