Author Archives: Bonnie

Main audience: everyone Other things were on my mind. Then Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket blew up during a test on the launchpad. I get questions when such things happen, so here are a few of my thoughts about it. … Continued

Main audience: everyone In democracies, gov’t should derive its legitimacy from consent of the governed—from us. Instead gov’t usually focuses on economic growth at the behest of elites. Sometimes gov’t serves us, but too often it serves us to them … Continued

Main audience: UK people The UK is getting *hot weather* this holiday weekend! Britons simultaneously love it after grim winters and wilt in it. Want some tips from someone who grew up with heat? Including maybe a fun way to … Continued

Main audience: USA people BBC, Politico, CBS, MSN, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and more got it wrong. DJT did not get a settlement in his lawsuit against the IRS (really against himself). He made a slush fund with … Continued

Main audience: everyone Because of the way Ebola transmits from one person to another, it can’t hop all over the world in a hurry the way an airborne disease can. But we have no vaccine or treatment for the type … Continued

Main audience: everyone It’s possible to cover a field with solar panels in a way that renders it useless for agriculture, but that would be dumb. When a solar field is cleverly laid out, it can actually enhance agriculture in … Continued

Main audience: everyone No, we don’t have a fresh pandemic with Andes hantavirus, at least so far. But the world’s defenses against pandemics are only as good as the worst public health response in a crucial place, and public health … Continued

Main audience: UK people Thursday much of the UK looked at what Republicans are doing to the USA with Project 2025, went to vote in local elections, and used their ballots to declare, “We want what the Americans are having.” … Continued

Main audience: everyone The way the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius is being handled in the news tells us what to expect from journalists and authorities when the next pandemic hits. That bothers me. Click here to … Continued

Main audience: everyone Amnesty International and a very long list of other organizations jointly issued a travel advisory to fans, players, journalists, and other visitors who plan to travel to or within the USA for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World … Continued