Category: USA

I’ve made no secret of my displeasure with Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system. In the first election where this idiotic system was applied, in 2022, in our own little rural community, I heard several people comment, while we were waiting in line, that they wanted nothing to do with the system. More than one voter, talking […]

If you are a U.S. citizen, you possess a power you probably did not know you have. Every American has until October 13, 2026, to tell the government what he or she thinks about the 2030 Census.  Advertisement The Census Bureau just ignited a firestorm over its notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) released into […]

Unicorns, dragons, pixies, and the like are the stuff of kids’ stories, or at least they should be. But now a new Texas startup, a bioengineering firm, The Embryo Corporation, is looking at the possibility of producing these creatures for real, and that new company is headed by a woman who doesn’t shy away from […]