obiron in the desert

This will be the last blog post from Obiron. It has been an interesting experience to put my ideas about current events into words. There ha...

If there is one book you don't want to read this year it is BOTTOMS UP AND THE DEVIL LAUGHS (2023) by Kerry Howley.  Why shouldn't y...

A recent survey of other Americans reveals many negative attitudes about California.   https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-02...

  POLITICAL FICTIONS by Joan Didion begins with the campaigns of  Dukakis and Bush.  There are long sections about the ro...

  There is growing evidence that the healthcare system in the United States is not providing the services appropriate to a society with adva...

The internet is a digital system of communication which now links most of the people on earth through satellite and other transmission to co...

A review of several books related to the internet by Jennifer Szalai provides an opportunity to focus on the topic of valid information .   ...