Tag: current events

  • Past Reflects Future

    Past Reflects Future

    I always feel a little hesitant to offer any analysis of current events. For one thing, it seems that these days, everything is political, will I, nil I. For another, it’s outside my realm. I am not that erudite and intellectual as to think that my observations are weighty and worthy of proclaiming. Besides which,…

  • Lawdog’s Lessons: Leaving

    Lawdog’s Lessons: Leaving

    Some people live through history. Some are touched by it. Lawdog, who I have the honor call a friend, has been one of the latter. I asked if I might share this here, and he said please do, with credit. So here’s one of Lawdog’s lessons. Language is unedited. There are times for strong language,…

  • Data Not Collected is Not Data

    Data Not Collected is Not Data

      In science, data is king. However, the problem with this becomes quickly evident to anyone clever enough to start asking questions like ‘what data? How was it collected? When? Where?’ and so on and so forth. Incomplete or incorrect data, or simply the lack of any data, means that the hypothesis cannot be supported,…

  • Paradigms Lost- Guest Post

    Paradigms Lost- Guest Post

    Welcome again Doug to my blog. He sent me a post, wondering if I would be interested, and I was. I’m not a political person, but it’s hard to avoid politics right now. I did vote – I always do – but not for either of the Big 2 candidates. That said, when Trump won,…