US Unfair Trade Practices: Applying Navarro’s Framework to US Trade PracticesPeter Navarro seems to be providing the intellectual heft behind Trump’s instinctual anti-trade sentiments about other nations “ripping…8h ago8h ago
Big Island gets its second major solar and battery storage project!Feels great that Big Island now has our second medium-scale solar and battery storage energy project now online and producing energy. The…4d ago4d ago
A Closer Look at Recent Flu and Covid-19 Vaccine IssuesA number of recent papers on vaccine science have found some very troubling conclusions; we need to be honest and practice the highest…Apr 13Apr 13
The Perfect Storm: Trump, War, and the Arrival of SuperintelligenceThe arrival of AGI and superintelligent AI during Trump’s second term could change everything — and not for the better; this is part 3 in…Apr 81Apr 81
War with Iran: Would Trump Use It to Suspend Elections?A constitutional crisis may well be on the way, with Trump using war with Iran as a pretext for suspending mid-term elections; this is part…Apr 8Apr 8
The Drums of War (Again): Iraq Redux in the Iran Nuclear NarrativeWe are now seeing disturbing signs of a plot to attack Iran, similar to what unfolded with the catastrophic 2003 Iraq War; this is part 1…Apr 8Apr 8
Vindicated: Reflections of an Early Pandemic ContrarianThis piece was written after Neal Milner’s admirable mea culpa in Civil Beat in early April 2025. Civil Beat declined to publish this…Apr 4Apr 4
Trump, Musk, and super-intelligent AIMusk and his allies know that AGI (artificial general intelligence) and ASI (artificial superintelligence) are very likely arriving in the…Apr 1Apr 1
MindFest 2025: My keynote talk on consciousness and AIMy talk was very well-received in Boca Raton, Florida, at the third annual MindFest conference.Mar 26Mar 26
The Death of Bletchley: How Trump Killed International AI SafetyThe Trump administration has withdrawn from the international AI safety process and has eliminated almost all national AI safety efforts…Mar 22Mar 22