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Of Course the GOP Debate Outdrew the Dems: No Clowns!
Everyone knows a circus isn’t a circus without clowns. Political debates are largely circuses of various kinds. So it came as no surprise to me that CNN reported an average of 15.3 million viewers to...
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Hour of Code 2015 is Coming. Please Sign Up!
The 2015 Hour of Code (HOC) is scheduled for the week of Dec. 7, which coincides with National Computer Science Week. (Who knew, right?) Last year, I volunteered to help with HOC at my granddaughter’s...
View ArticleI Never Saw a Biden Candidacy as Viable
Not that it matters, but from the first speculation about Vice-President Joe Biden entering the Democratic race for the White House this season, I did not believe he would toss his hat into the ring....
View ArticleKaep is Struggling alright, but it’s not his alone
Everyone seems to be calling for Colin Kaepernick’s head these days. The 49ers QB is having a pretty terrible season. Whenever that happens and the team isn’t playing well, he’s usually the first guy...
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Niners Rot from the Head Down
Forbes Magazine is not one of my go-to sources for sports news and analysis. But the current post by Vincent Frank on the current state of the 49ers so clearly nailed the thoughts that have been...
View ArticlePescatarian Report Card
My six-week experiment with Pescatarianism as a dietary lifestyle ended on Friday. I can report that I was 100% faithful to the plan for the entire period, that I didn’t feel deprived in any sense of...
View ArticleLet the 49ers Blood-Letting Begin. In All the Wrong Places!
In the past few hours, the Niners have announced the trade of veteran franchise-making tight end Vernon Davis and the benching of Colin Kaepernick in favor of his ludicrously unqualified backup, Blaine...
View ArticleTony Dungy on Kaep: It’s Not a Talent Problem
I’ve always respected Tony Dungy as a football coach. In a piece today on USA Today, Dungy braced the Niners’ front office’s decision to bench QB Colin Kaepernick. Here’s his comment, with which I...
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Niners’ Win Over Falcons Meaningless, But Telling
The San Francisco 49ers won a football game Sunday. They beat the 6-2 Atlanta Falcons. Can’t you feel the excitement in my voice? Ah. Didn’t think so. The win, which has the Niners at 3-6 with a bye...
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The Francis Effect = +10-20% on Climate Change
After Pope Francis’ recent visit to the United States following his issuance of an official Papal position on global climate change, at least one survey indicates he exerts a powerful influence on the...
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As Uber, AirBnB and Others Give “Sharing Economy” a Bad Rap, “Cooperative...
As someone who has long been interested in trying to help establish and promote sharing (or giving) economics, I have become dismayed in recent years as so-called “sharing” services like taxi...
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Presidential Candidates Graded on Climate Change: Only 4 Get Passing Grades,...
The Associated Press did an interesting fact check on the accuracy of statements made by the Presidential candidates of both parties. The result, shown in this graph, was high marks for Democrats and...
View ArticleTPP Must Be Defeated or U.S. Laws and Regulations Will be Weakened or Overturned
I am a strong opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) the massive trade deal President Obama is trying to ram down the throats of the American people by steamrolling Congress into a single...
View ArticleBleacher Report Gets it Right: Tomsula is a Lousy Head Coach
From the moment the San Francisco 49ers announced Jim Tomsula as their new head coach, I’ve questioned his ability and his suitability for the job. Other commentators have generally counseled a...
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Add the New Yorker to the List of Publishers Proving Content is King
Web traffic and subscriptions at NewYorker.com are way, way up ever since the magazine put up a new paywall a few months ago. Editor Nicholas Thompson attributes the sudden increase in eyeballs and...
View ArticleLet’s Call “Inversions” What They Are: Immoral, Disgusting Subversions of...
The current juggernaut of corporate inversions is Pfizer’s planned “merger” with Allergan in a $160 billion blockbuster deal. In case you’re not following this mind-boggling story, here’s the plot line...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Parity in the NFL?
Over the last decade or so, the National Football League has been striving to create a balanced league in which the old saw “on any given Sunday” could literally be taken as truth. A league where...
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Gabbert Hasn’t “Earned” a 2016 Starting Role Yet, You Nincompoop
I get it. Guys like Grant Cohn over at Bleacher Report get paid to make stupid statements that will trigger lots of backlinks and heated discussion on the Web. Most of the time, I just shrug and let it...
View Article“Leave it in the Ground” is Being Left Behind at COP21
The most dramatic single thing the world’s Powers that Be could do to have any chance of escaping most of the dire consequences of global climate change would be to leave in the ground all untapped...
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Enough With the Freaking Polls Already!
My favorite news commentator, it will come as no surprise to learn, is MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. While there are some things about her show and her delivery (enough with the frigging 39 teases to get us...
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