Gordon's Notes

I believe this is true — though I’d be more confident if one of my favorite economists thought this was plausible (emphases mine): If The ...

My Twitter feed often ascribes GOP dominance at the state and federal level, and the patriarchal policies that follow, to male choices. Tha...

I’ve read Macintouch for decades. It’s been a living fossil for 15 of those years; Ric passed on RSS and blogs and feeds and permalinks. For...

This is how to build a safe, sane, and sustainable social network. Build it to be viable on $1/user year. Sell memberships for $25/year. ...

I’ve been a fan of the National Library of Medicine’s medical literature service through MEDLARS to MEDLINE to Grateful Med (my fave) to the...

In the year 2018 it is no longer insane to suspect that the Soviet Union Russia executed a successful multi-year campaign against the Unite...

A footnote in my post on Kateva’s liver disease  linked to a NYT article on  CHIP (clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential) . Wikipe...

I was doing a bit of personal research today that might be of interest to a few others, so sharing here. Kateva, of Kateva.org fame ,  is 1...

My familial arthritis showed up in one finger a few years ago, but in December of 2015 it became a bigger deal [1]. It looked like an early...

When I renewed Scientific American last September I had a “deal” that included 1 or 2 freebies and digital service for $40. (Today I’d use A...

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. That was the end of Russia’s Empire, the end of the USSR. I was 30 years old. I may still have a n...

One of the odder experiences of aging is living through technology regressions. I’ve seen a few — solutions that go away and are never repla...

This Nov 2017 crash hasn’t gotten enough attention … Tesla Strikes and Kills UK Cyclist | Bicycling.com … An 80-year-old man was killed F...

The NYT has moved Krugman’s blog to a new platform . I presume this is true for all their journalists. The NYT RSS index still points to hi...