Down the Rabbit Hole, Through the Briar Patch, We Have Crossed the Rubicon into the Brave New World

Enough Metaphors in One Title? Trust me – They All Fit This Discussion What in the World are We Talking About? Artificial Intelligence – AI. This thing has been with us for some time now but on several fronts, new ground is being broken at very important levels. I have …
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Six Views for Your Consideration

Security, Books, Pizza, and More Securing Classified Documents We have heard in recent days, and will hear a lot more, about classified papers on the loose at the presidential level. There are elements yet to be resolved on the Biden end; we know the story on Trump. Still, we know …
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Turning the Page

No, This is Not About Politics or Philosophy; It’s About Music (Mostly…) What May Seem Small Can Count a Great Deal I have attended two classical music concerts in recent days and watched one on Youtube. All three reminded me that seemingly small contributions can have great value and are …
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Let’s Start the New Year With Good News in Medicine

A Lot of Really Good News – Some Here Now, Some Almost Here – is at Our Door Progress in Many Areas 2022 was one of those years in which it seemed medical advances, even breakthroughs, were happening regularly. Most such advances, of course, are based on years of work …
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That Was Quite a Year!

Politics (and Its Many Step-Children) Never Had a Dull Day This Year The Year That Was I was tenuous about writing this, since when you receive it we will still have five days left in the year and anything could happen. Still, it is almost a wrap for 2022. Lots …
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December 20, 2022

Farewell to the January 6 Committee The January 6 Committee closes out its work this week, with one last public session and vote on referrals to DOJ, release of their Executive Summary and shortly, their full report. We owe this group a lot. This was, in my view, a model …
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