This from Daniel Gross:“I propose the Starbucks theory of international economics. The higher the concentration of expensive, nautically themed, faux-Italian-branded Frappuccino joints in a country’s financial capital, the more likely the country is to have suffered catastrophic financial losses . . . ” . . . At first blush, there’s a pretty close correlation between […]

I voted today. I will spare you the suspense and tell you that I did not vote for White-Haired Senileguy and his dingbat running mate, who grow progressively less charming as the season advances. (Obama’s too popular! No, he’s a pal to terrorists! No, he’s a socialist! No, this week he’s a commie! And he […]

Amazing how much difference a couple days can make.On Monday, I wrote at some length about the distractions that were preventing me from properly thinking about my work, let alone getting much of it done.Most of Tuesday I was a total wreck. I blame the fact that we were socked in by rainclouds. I’m a […]

Last night we got to watch our friend, the exobiologist Penny Boston, as she donned her moon suit and went into the Crystal Cave.No, Penny didn’t enter a Mary Stewart novel. She went into the Crystal Cave under the Naica Mountains in Mexico, a place where you can find huge crystals forty feet long and […]