Archive for March, 2019

Brief Takeaways re the “No Collusion” Letter

March 31, 2019

“The collusion delusion is over.”  — President Donald Trump For three years now, America has been caught up in the “Russian collusion” investigation into Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. Roughly the past two of those years have been under the direction of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Plenty of people — both among those involved […]

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Measuring Astronomical Distances

March 24, 2019

“If the distances are wrong, then an object may appear small and dim not because it is incredibly distant, but because it really is small and dim. And faulty distances mean that any theory based on them — such as the big bang — is faulty too!”  — Andrew Rigg, freelance journalist and amateur astronomer, […]

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A Coming California Reckoning

March 17, 2019

“Ignore the economic solutions that work; and instead turn to failed socialist policies dictated by ideology rather than reality. That’s the California way.”  — writer at “Start Thinking Right” blog California is a beautiful place. Traveling the length and breadth of the state, one would see mountains, desert, forests, plateaus, beaches, grape and orange orchards, […]

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SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Successful Test Flight

March 10, 2019

“[The Commercial Crew Program] is one step closer to launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil.”  — NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine In Aug. 2016, I wrote about SpaceX’s repeated missions carrying cargo back-and-forth between Earth and the International Space Station (ISS) with its Dragon capsule. I also mentioned SpaceX’s plans for future manned […]

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Cohen: A Pattern of Deception

March 3, 2019

“Cohen’s consciousness of wrongdoing is fleeting… his remorse is minimal, and… his instinct to blame others is strong.”  — acting U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami of the Southern District of New York For twelve years, Michael Cohen served as Donald Trump’s personal attorney, complete with attorney-client privilege and a loyalty such that he would “take a […]

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