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Trump Derangement Syndrome Jun. 07, 2025
"It's sort of Trump derangement syndrome, I guess they call it," President Donald Trump said, in exp... Read More
Feeling Sorry for Elon Musk Is Not Impossible Jun. 03, 2025
Elon Musk may have thought that dropping more than $250 million into Trump's reelection campaign wou... Read More
Musk Was Smart but Clueless Apr. 24, 2025
It feels strange talking about the world's richest man, only 53 years old, in the past tense. But th... Read More
Who Cares What the Government Thinks? Oct. 17, 2024
In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution ... Read More
Musk Wants to Control the Presidency Oct. 15, 2024
Elon Musk is a migrant. There is a difference between a migrant and an immigrant. An immigrant is a ... Read More
Makers Versus Takers Jan. 03, 2024
Are you a MAKER or a TAKER? Politicians are often takers. They take our money (and freedom) in the n... Read More
Musk Owns a Lot But Not Twitter's Followers Oct. 13, 2022
A day without Elon Musk is an OK day. Not that I don't like him. He's a business genius, after all, ... Read More
Elon Musk Wants to Be in Our Faces Jul. 19, 2022
It's hard not to admire Elon Musk, currently the world's richest man. I wouldn't mind seeing less of... Read More
Smart Progressives Should Love Elon Musk Jan. 13, 2022
Nearly everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted about Elon Musk was wrong. Scratch the word "nearly.... Read More
Break Rules Jul. 14, 2021
America has so many regulations that today, often the only way to do something new, to create someth... Read More
Hyperbole over the Hyperloop's Feasibility Doesn't Match the Economic Reality Oct. 26, 2018
We at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch don't want to be accused of being hypercritical, but we're not qui... Read More
SpaceX and Uncle Sam Shrug Off Billion-Dollar Blame Game Jan. 25, 2018
Did you know that the government doesn't insure the cargo it sends into space? That means that when ... Read More
Musk's Dreams Exhibit Pioneer Spirit Oct. 17, 2017
Elon Musk didn't become a billionaire by thinking small. For nearly a decade, the Silicon Valley pio... Read More
Will Musk Launch for Mars off the Backs of Taxpayers? Sep. 29, 2016
Elon Musk delivered a much-anticipated speech Tuesday at the 67th International Astronautical Congre... Read More
Chasing Star-Filled Dreams Jun. 04, 2016
Dear Annie: I write a blog on science and spaceflight in particular. I had to respond to "Trapped in... Read More
Private Is Better May. 25, 2016
Our next president will almost certainly be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. But I take heart knowi... Read More
Crony Capitalism and the Spigot of Government Subsidies Apr. 28, 2016
Creating something that people want is how one gets wealthy in a market economy. Sadly, there's anot... Read More
