Mitch's Blog

John Scalzi: Holden Caulfield in middle age. Like Scalzi, I never got the appeal of "Catcher in the Rye." And my reasons were similar to his: I grew up reading science fiction.

If you were going to give me a teenage hero, give me Heinlein’s Starman Jones: He traveled the galaxy and memorized entire books of log tables and became Captain of a starship (for procedural reasons, granted). All Holden did was bitch, bitch, bitch.

Boulder, Colorado police are investigating 14 illegally placed, official-looking traffic signs with explicit safety messages like "DON'T KILL ANY KIDS TODAY" and “PUT DOWN THE PHONE BITCH"

"For years, through carefully choreographed dinners and meetings, Apple CEO Tim Cook did something that has eluded many other corporate leaders: He developed a personal relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.".

Elon Musk has enough money to buy every federal election and still have plenty of money left over.

Ian Welsh: Why Assisted Suicide Bills Will Proliferate & Deaths Will Increase — “Nothing saves money on people who are old, disabled and unable to work like just killing them.”

"The Cold War never ended. And that is why we are where we are."