The 11th Circuit federal court of appeals puts an end to the shenanigans in the Mar-a-Lago documents case in an absolutely beautifully-written opinion by a three-judge appellate panel (two Trump appointees and one GW Bush appointee) that … [Read more...]
Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – December 2022
**Conferences** TEDxMIT: What Defines a Mind? Sunday, December 4 ————— **Lecture Series** Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy Thursday, December 1 Beyond Data: Reclaiming … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
For what looks to be the final time on BMG, I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for recent Democratic success. I am thankful to the editors for providing this forum for several years. I am thankful for the many of … [Read more...]
Chosen Family
The quote of this century from Richard Fierro, the hero of the Club Q shooting: “I needed to save my family. And my family was, at that time, everybody in that room.” … [Read more...]
Beware the Term “Deep State”
“Great minds think alike!” ‘In his order striking down Florida's "Anti-Woke Law," Judge Walker, an Obama appointee, opened by reciting the first sentence of 1984, George Orwell's novel about life under a futuristic totalitarian … [Read more...]
Environmental Demonstrations Ideas from 1970s Science Fiction
John Brunner was a UK science fiction writer active from the 1950s through the 1990s. Some of his work was truly prescient, mostly the four novels Stand on Zanzibar (1968), The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972) and The … [Read more...]
Merrick Garland nails the coffin of the rule of law
Merrick Garland announced today that he is appointing a "Special Counsel". He's decided to run out the clock rather than fight to save the rule of law. Two years after widespread evidence of a long list of crimes, Mr. Garland chooses to … [Read more...]
Pelosi steps down from leadership; stays in House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced she will step down from Democratic Caucus leadership but will stay in the House. She gave one of the most powerful and moving farewell speeches I have ever heard. … [Read more...]