Just a bit about bravery, honesty, and since you’re supposed to do these things in threes, the Constitution. But, first a few words from my favorite sponsor, communication. In theory, this should be communicated directly to Congress. But there’s no communicating with my senators. Especially not by phone calls. …

Talk about burying the lead! But this “story” actually started with research into the local Covid-19 contact-tracing app. So I was writing about contact tracing before getting to the “main course”. Sorry, readers, but the full rewrite doesn’t seem justified (though your thoughtful reactions might change my mind). The main…

Happy New Year to everyone, and by extension to your family and friends. May 2021 be full of accomplishments and happiness and even vaccines. Let’s forget that anno horribilis ASAP. [This is actually a cut-and-paste of a cut-and-paste for Facebook. Also a test of Medium. And Medium failed quite badly…

First of all, I need to clarify that my point of view is all wrong for this book, though I enjoyed reading it and found it quite thought provoking. Using one of my typically strained metaphors, this book is similar to a recipe book for practitioners, and I’m not a…

If I had a big soapbox, here’s what I would use it for… I would encourage Joe Biden to say this right now: “Americans need to divide and conquer Covid-19, not each other. I also want to take politics out of the courts and big money out of politics. All…

[This is just a copy of my first reaction to the news that Pennsylvania had flipped. The context is that I was replying to a long appeal for unity after Trump, though the outer context was a story about a symptom-free woman who was contagious for over two months. …

Welcome to my nightmare? Or is just a pitch for a Hollywood movie to end all movies? Or is it the 3D chess behind WW III, the Big Biowar? I rather hope it’s just the bad dream I woke up with. …

Trump’s not-so-secret sauce? It’s the HATE. But when you think about it that way, it suddenly becomes clear why some of Trump’s supporters might be secretive about their support. Even if you like hating people, you’ve noticed that other people object. People like me may object even when we aren’t the targets, so of course you…

Alternative financial models to the eyeballs-for-advertisers fiasco. Just heard about Medium again. Pretty sure I looked at it already, and if so, today’s visit reminded me why I wasn’t interested. Same sad story, same verse. There’s a fundamental mismatch here. Many people really do want to know about the problems…