Despite the wretched outcome of his wishes for 2010, wishes for 2011, and wishes for 2012, WC will once again set out his wishes for 2013. While it is tempting to moderate those wishes, WC is not inclined to lower his expectations in the hope of greater success. So here they are: WC’s wishes for 2013: Overpopulation. Yes. Still…
We lost a lot of great ones this last year. Too many who were important, in one way or another, to WC. Here are notes and links to a few of them. George McGovern, the first presidential candidate for whom WC actively campaigned. An absolutely decent man. WC still wonders who the other vote for…
WC has accused the Alaska Redistricting Board of the worst kind of political gerrymandering, an egregious set of violations of the Alaska Constitution, in adopting each of the redistricting plans developed to date. On December 28, 2012, the Alaska Supreme Court agreed. Basically, the court refused to allow the Redistricting Board to stack the deck.…
However much humankind may injure and maim the planet, we don’t control nature. Nature bats last. WC continues a category of year end reviews introduced last year, noting instances in this calendar year when we’ve had to be reminded of that lesson once again. One of WC’s all-time favorite books is John McPhee’s The Control of Nature (Amazon link).…
WC doesn’t want to shock anyone, but sometimes you really shouldn’t believe things you see on the Intertubes. Seriously, just because it’s on the ‘Net doesn’t mean it’s true. A grain of salt, please. Occam’s Razor, thoroughly applied. A skeptical eye. Critical judgment. Sheesh. The following video is not true. It was a class project to…
Once again, WC opened the year with wishes for the upcoming months. And once again, WC’s wishes and hopes were mostly dashed. But with just a week or so left in 2012, let’s look at the specifics (Predictions in bold face; outcomes indented below): 1. Overpopulation. Among the crises facing the planet is human overpopulation. During 2011,…
The results are in. Austerity, as the solution for economic woes, is an abject failure. The European Union has imposed serious economic austerity measures on five of its member countries: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Ireland. Here are the results: These are the consequences of fiscal austerity. This is the “solution” that Paul Ryan and…
