One of the joys of living in the Bay Area is being constantly subjected to one-sided political ideology in inappropriate places like at work, school, restaurants, supermarkets, the dentist’s and what-have-you. I don’t have any hard data on this but, in my experience, every instance has one thing in common:[…] Read On
When a crime is allegedly committed one of the first things police do is check video footage to try to identify the perpetrator. If they succeed in getting a good image, they now have a pretty good chance of IDing the perp, courtesy off big improvements in facial recognition technology[…] Read On
All the polls indicate that capitalism has somehow managed to develop a bad reputation. And when I say bad, I mean bad. Really bad. It’s a real crisis, in my view. And that’s not going to change on its own. Bad reputations never do. They just get worse. I can’t[…] Read On
Nobody would argue that Democrats are the party of diversity and inclusion. And yet, atop a diverse field of 20+ 2020 presidential contenders is an old white guy, Joe Biden, dominating the polls at 46%. In second with 14% is another old white dude, Bernie Sanders. Nobody else is in[…] Read On
You know all those Twitter backlashes that get everyone from other Twitter users to corporate CEOs to get on their knees, kowtow to the mob and walk it back? Turns out the mob is a lot smaller and more demographically and behaviorally uniform than you might think. According to a[…] Read On
And I never want to hear the words collusion or obstruction again. Ever. Not to oversimplify matters but with virtually unlimited time and resources I assume Mueller’s team was probably pretty thorough. I mean, $30 million is a lot of dough and two years is a long time. And yet,[…] Read On
Ever notice that people who consider themselves news junkies tend to be surprisingly ill-informed. The problem is that they have very few sources that reflect their own narrow views. Either that or they let bias get in the way of their conclusions. Of course nobody will admit that but we[…] Read On