In the early years of the USSR, Soviet genetics was internationally recognized. Then along came Trofim Lysenko, an agronomist who convinced Stalin that he could bypass the laborious genetics of plant breeding to develop strains of wheat through the transmission of acquired traits. This fit well with the Soviet philosophy that humanity could be transformed […]
Hmmm. I read this and wonder what should veterans do if the Government is spending more money? Since the sixties, many of us were exposed to chemical warfare in Vietnam. drank the polluted water at Camp Lejeune, were wounded in action or lost limbs, suffered mentally, and had a difficult time adjusting to society. The […]
This is a bridge too far in my opinion. They get the same treatment as those who were protesting in D.C. and across the nation during the seventies and sixties. The only difference being todays president was promoting them to indeed riot. “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election,” Trump tweeted, even after he […]
Just finished Ron Chernow’s biography of Samuel Clemens, “Mark Twain.” I had previously read his biographies of John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton, so I knew I would like this book. In addition, I attended an interview he gave in Harford during his book tour, and he made me look forward to reading the book […]
Guess what 13 of the 20 U.S. cities with the highest murder rates were in Republican-run states. Sending in an untrained National Guard. They were not trained for controlling crowds of civilians. At Camp Lejeune in 1970, they were training us and had established mock cities to train in for practice. Pres. Trump says (in a […]
August 21, 2025, Loyola University of Chicago. Why is this university so special for me? Well . . . I did my Masters work there which took me ~ three years to complete due to taking all the courses late afternoons or at night. The trip down to the Water Tower campus was done by […]
AB: This is an excellent NDd recital on a not so good jobless claim report. Employment is not improving and as NDd states it appears to be remaining the same. The tariff game Tr__p is playing is not helping the economy and is just another burden in cost which we will all pay. This is […]
Civil Discourse It’s one of those days with so much going on that it was clear to me early in the day I needed to do a standalone post on the topic of Trump’s most recent attack on our elections to give that topic the focus it deserves. I hope you’ll share this post with […]
I believe I would wait a few years more (after being declared safe) before swimming in the Chicago River. If you grew up in Chicago like I did, you would know the river was in bad shape from all the stuff being dumped into it and street run off. The redeeming qualities of the area […]
A nation and a presidency in trouble. All of this due to people being afraid of electing an intelligent woman to the presidency? So, they voted for Tr__p, a person who was definitely showing signs of dementia then and is moreso now. I believe know we are in trouble. Prof. Heather has a good take […]