Construction projects are notorious for their endless delays and cost overruns. But this isn’t a new phenomenon, in 2600 B.C.E, Egyptian pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid at Giza, then thirty-two hundred years later King Louis XIV of France built a residence as...
Recent Commentaries
Something to think about
The IEA (International Energy Agency) recently published a report titled, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, detailing the challenges of transitioning to clean energy. The 287-page report focused on the differences in acquiring clean energy...
Just a thought
Verbal communication goes well beyond words, in fact, tone and body language communicate far, far more. And when speaking of the horrors that will soon befall the women & girls of Afghanistan, has anyone else noticed that very few liberals speak of this aspect of...
It’s now 2:15 Mountain Time
The attack that killed 11 Marines, a Navy Corpsman and 60 Afghan civilians occurred roughly 6 hours ago - yet not a single word from the LEADER of the free world. Bobbi and I suspect he's busy trying to memorize the speech his handlers are writing for him. Makes one...
Three Questions
A while back I made a post about systemic racism in America but I failed to go into much depth so today I want to take a broader look at the subject by examining the tenets of critical race theory. Critical race theory is an academic concept that emerged out of a...
Examining the Culture
Liberal comedian and social commentator Bill Maher recently opined about the Chinese Communist government’s growing dominance over the United States. He referred to Americans as “silly people” and rhetorically asked, “Why are we sleeping?” in reference to the fact...
A logical conclusion
A question that's become a real hot button in political discussions these days is whether or not systemic racism exists in the United States, or if this is another artificial construct of the left. But before we can answer that question common sense dictates that we...
A Casual Observation
“Docendo discimus,” is a Latin proverb that means, “By teaching, we learn,” said differently, if you want to master something, teach it! Many years ago, my 7th grade teacher taught me a lesson I’ve never forgotten. Danny Skaluba and I were arguing about which was...
Did Aliens Visit Us?
One of the many curiosities packed into the $2.3 trillion omnibus spending and coronavirus-relief package passed by congress was a stipulation requiring the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to deliver an unclassified report...
Thoughts and observations
Friends, many of my comments below were in last week's blog but, they didn't make it into the Vail Daily, so, I've repeated some of them here since this is what appears in today's Vail Daily. The reason socialism has never worked anywhere it’s been tried is because in...