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Suppose you are an employee of a huge corporation where you’ve worked all your life. The company is phenomenally successful, largely due to developing and acquiring better and better technology—technology that streamlines efficiency and automates away the jobs of many employees in roles that are …
America needs a #transpartisan coalition government. This is the only way that the 2020 election will not foment civil war. If President Trump wins reelection, the left will riot. If the Democrats win the election, the right will riot. In either case, the losing side …
The best kind of political compromise provides benefits to all sides. Is it possible to find such a compromise on a subject as divisive as the President’s proposed border wall? Perhaps so, with some creative thinking. Imagine a large section of the wall that is …
The greatest strength of the US—and of western capitalism in general—is shared economic prosperity. Yet when faced with real or imagined enemies, our first response always seems to be to remove that strength from the playing field by imposing economic sanctions. We need new thinking …
The generations pass the torch Unknowing and unwilling, Awakening one morning to find The light gone from their hands, The path before them dark and lonely, As the world passes by without them. And those who claim the torch do so Unknowing and unwilling, Awakening …
Why is it so difficult to come up with a health care plan that provides reasonable universal coverage along with the benefits of private enterprise and freedom of choice? I’m certainly no expert in this area, but I think all we need is something along …
Throughout every political campaign, we hear that policy X would solve our problems and policy Y would be a disaster. In most cases, the arguments for each policy are no more provable than the arguments against. Why not put them to the test? No matter …
I was recently invited to present a guest post about my book, Phoenix Afterlife, at ScienceThrillers, a blog run by Amy Rogers. ScienceThrillers highlights and occasionally reviews thriller novels centered around hard science. If you like real science in your reading, this is a great place to find your next …
Repeat something from this list aloud at least once a day: No matter how intelligent and informed I am, some of my beliefs and opinions are wrong. Listening to others doesn’t mean I agree with them. Hearing only what I already believe does not help …
This past Halloween, I wrote a story in the style of the great H.P. Lovecraft: The Mystery of Henry Orson. Even if you’ve never read any Lovecraft, you’ve probably encountered some of his signature memes. Many of them have found their way into other popular fiction, …