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Captain Wang, Not Captain Kirk, Will Boldly Go

It looks likely that there will never be a Captain Kirk who boldly goes where no one has gone before. Nor will there be a Captain Mohammed. If humankind does one day send a starship to explore galactic deep space, it will most likely be commanded by Captain Wang. We take it for granted that... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
May 12, 2011 at 2:33 pm
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Budweiser Buying Goose Island Brewery--Yech

Budweiser Buying Goose Island Brewery--Yech
Mass-market beer goliath Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser) is slurping up Chicago’s craft beer institution Goose Island Brewery. Yech. Ptui. Budweiser says it won’t make any changes in Goose Island’s craft beer brewing or ingredients. Rig-h-h-h-t Financial analysts say that Budweiser is buying Goose Island to establish a toehold in the craft beer market. Does Budweiser understand why... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 29, 2011 at 7:43 pm
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Fog of War in the Middle East

“Fog of war” is a phrase often used to describe the tactical and strategic uncertainties obscuring the disorderly events and frequently unplanned events that swirl over a battlefield during an action. “What the hell is going on here?” asks the observer trying to find order amid the chaos, and bring an action to a successful... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 28, 2011 at 9:26 am
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Our Big Libyan Mistake

Our Libyan adventure. Another quickie for humanitarian and supposedly strategic reasons. Another humongous mistake on our part. It is like stepping into a pool of quicksand” “It’s okay, I’m only going in up to the ankles,” we say as our knees disappear into the pool. I remember having heard something like that in 1965, when... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 20, 2011 at 2:31 pm
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Fishing for Dlight, and Maybe Fish

Wherever fossilized evidence of early humans is found–anywhere in the world–the fossil evidence often includes fish bones. Our ancestors of tens of thousands of years ago ate fish whenver they could get them. Fish bone fossils are always found where our distant ancestors lived near a body of water–the ocean, a lake, a river. There... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 17, 2011 at 7:24 pm
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Women Shop, Men Buy, So They Say

Do men know how to shop? Are women better shoppers than men? What’s the definition of “better”? I’ve heard it said (and it has the sound of a base canard) that the Shopping Gene is on the X (female) chromosome and thus embedded into female nature. Maybe that was made up by a man who... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 7, 2011 at 1:47 pm
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Income Inequality in America

Wealth in America is pouring out of the pockets of the middle class and into the pockets of the super-rich–something that we all know is happening but we are not supposed to do anything about. We know that more than 90% of wealth in America is concentrated in less than 2% of the population. The... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
March 5, 2011 at 2:20 pm
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Women and the Mideast Revolution

Revolution sweeps North Africa and bubbles in the Middle East. The expected outcome of this Internet-age insurgency is “democracy”. That’s the answer you hear when a young, English-speaking rebel is interviewed by a television news reporter who asks “Why are you doing this?” The answer “democracy” is one we Americans want to hear, and easily... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
February 23, 2011 at 7:16 pm
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Guns, Limbaugh-Beck, Israel Dystopic Musings

Guns: Getting straight to the point, gun control will not work in the United States. Americans love guns, want guns, want no restrictions on any kind or any number of guns they may own, and really don”t care if lack of gun control measures allow criminals, terrorists or paranoid schizophrenics to buy AK-47s with banana clips... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
January 19, 2011 at 7:13 pm
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Evanston High School Drops Honors Course

Being an elected member of a public school board must be one of the toughest jobs in a democratic society. Unless committed to some political or educational creed that puts ideology first and students as an afterthought, the board member seeks to do “what’s best” for students when it is often not at all clear... Read more »
By jimbreeling,
December 17, 2010 at 7:49 pm
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