Tag: politics
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Satire on DEI
(Not Fake News) Though we often disagree strenuously, I thank Ron, my third cousin – twice removed, for allowing me to post on his blog. We try to maintain civility in the family…. The issue is DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion. I’ll start with equity. Now I maintain with some backup of well-known historians that Thomas Jefferson had been…
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Science Lesson on Autocratic Rule
There is an immutable law in physics, the second law of thermodynamics, that any isolated system not receiving the input of energy (work) from the outside will tend toward states of greater disorder. Examining human history, one might suspect another immutable law: that societies will progress to autocratic rule if there is no effort (work)…
Science Essays for College Students 