OnTheOutsideMessage for Evangelical VotersEveryone seems to have written off the evangelicals as a lost cause. We hear from many directions that they regard Trump as chosen by God…2 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
OnTheOutsideGenocide is the Wrong QuestionIt strikes me that all the discussion of genocide yes or no in Gaza is actually letting Israel off the hook.2 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
OnTheOutsideMath for Anyone InterestedOn a completely different subject ….1 min read·Mar 20, 2024----
OnTheOutsideSummarizing the Gaza WarAfter all the bloodshed and polemics it’s easy to forget what has actually happened with the Gaza war.2 min read·Feb 15, 2024----
OnTheOutsideThreats to Israel’s ExistenceThere is one aspect of the Gaza mess that hasn’t drawn enough attention: that there was nothing inevitable about the success of the Hamas…2 min read·Nov 25, 2023----
OnTheOutsideClarifying Some Issues for Climate ChangeIt bothers me how much confusion there still is about what it takes to fight climate change. A recent article in Bloomberg was a case in…3 min read·Nov 3, 2023----
OnTheOutsideRight-Wing Fantasyland meets Chinese EVsThere was a good article in Bloomberg today describing the many aspects of Chinese dominance in EV’s. It’s useful if discouraging reading…2 min read·Sep 27, 2023----
OnTheOutsideTwo Issues to Care About for 2024It seems to me that there are two issues that Democrats have got to get serious about before the election.2 min read·Sep 24, 2023----
OnTheOutsideCivicsThere was a perfectly reasonable article today in Foreign Affairs: “Afghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America”. Except for the surprise…3 min read·Aug 13, 2023----
OnTheOutsideThe Debt Limit fight is a CoupWe’ve been hearing about the debt limit for months, but familiarity makes it sound sort of normal. That is spectacularly wrong.1 min read·May 17, 2023----