I’ve been reading reviews from both sides about the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The best analysis I’ve seen so far comes from Peter Savodnik of The Free Press. He observed that the content has been about how great Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are and how awful Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are, but little…
Continue ReadingAuthor: Elliott
Elliott Andrews is an observer and a seeker. He feels that humans rely too much on emotion at this phase of our evolution and that logic is underutilized in personal and political discourse.
Rope-a-Dope Redux
In 1974, Muhammad Ali faced-off against George Foreman in Zaire in what was one of the most anticipated heavyweight boxing contests of all time. Ali shocked everyone by taking a defensive stance in the corners seemingly allowing Foreman to pummel him in the early rounds. In reality, he was using the ropes to absorb some…
Continue ReadingIs Kamala a DEI Candidate?
One of the attacks Republicans are using against Kamala Harris is that she is a DEI candidate. What they mean by this is that other than meeting a preferred demographic, she is otherwise unqualified and would not be where she is today. Is this a fair criticism? I went from being a proponent of D&I…
Continue ReadingAn Assassin and a New Candidate
Two significant events have occurred since my last entry. First, a kid with a high-powered rifle eluded the Secret Service and other law enforcement and came within a few inches of assassinating Donald Trump. Second, Joe Biden suddenly suspended his campaign and anointed Kamala Harris as his successor. Several interesting developments have arisen related to…
Continue ReadingWhat do we do in November?
Peter Zeihan recently released one of his daily videos entitled Delusional Biden and Demented Trump. He fairly accurately captured what many of us are concerned about – “this is the best we can do?” The electorate is divided into three groups (at least) – people like Vivek Ramaswamy and MAGA Republicans who are going to…
Continue ReadingTrump’s Guilty Verdict
As the entire world knows by now, Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts this week. The internet is blowing up as both sides of the political divide are attempting to leverage this event into political advantage. More Spock attempts to look at things rationally rather than emotionally, but I’ll admit that one human…
Continue ReadingAdditional Thoughts on Climate Change
I recently returned from a trip to the Netherlands. When traveling around that country, one can’t help but notice the wind turbines. They are everywhere! I don’t believe there was ever a time when I couldn’t see a cluster of them on the horizon. A quick Google search revealed that there are 2,144 turbines on…
Continue ReadingThe Threat of a new Dark Age
In 409 AD, the Visigoth King Alaric began a siege that would lead to the sacking of Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had been occupied by a foreign army. Alaric didn’t stay long, choosing to move further south into Italy to continue sacking and pillaging. But another Germanic tribe,…
Continue ReadingThe Trump Bible Effect?
In 1517 Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in Wittenberg, Germany, criticizing what he considered to be corrupt practices of the Roman Catholic Church. This event would cause ripple effects in Western Civilization that are still being felt today. From the middle of the 16th century through World War I, the European royal lineages were…
Continue ReadingSuper Tuesday leads to Sad Wednesday
The whole idea behind More Spock is to minimize our emotional responses to the issues of the day and attempt to analyze them using logic and reason. But as a human, I couldn’t help but be sad on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. On that day, our choices for the 2024 presidential election were pretty much…
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