If you use gmail, you know that awhile ago, they separated their email box to automatically send all promotional email to one folder and all of your personal email to a personal folder (with your spam continuing to go to a spam box). In today’s email from Seth Godin, he discusses a fix for all of the personal email that gmail incorrectly sorts to your promo folder. He and his team tried to write some code that would fix the problem. Unsurprisingly, Google rejected the code and told him, “Gmail’s tabbed inbox experience puts emails where our users want…
The impeachment of Trump is a hate crime
The impeachment of Donald Trump is a hate crime and should be tried as such. Efforts to impeach him began before he was even elected. For the record, that’s before the Ukraine phone call. (I would say after his Russian collusion, but then, we have since learned that didn’t happen.) It’s clear that the Democrat hatred for Donald Trump is, at times, irrational. That’s not even worth searching for, and posting a link, to prove. And since we know they have hatred for Trump, and we know there are no impeachable offenses (this will be verified soon, for those…
Critical thinking: the first step toward conservatism
I was recently looking at a picture on a photography site. The picture was nowhere near as intriguing to me as the statement that accompanied it: “Ever since my first encounters with many of the great photographers who inspired me, I became aware of the value of turning my attention away from the main event. So often, the temptation is to look where everyone else is looking. But, time after time, I have chosen to observe what’s going on by looking in the other direction – before, or after, or at the edges of the main attraction. There, I…
Turns out, people are pretty similar
In 1990, I visited the Soviet Union (Russia, specifically). Instead of taking any tours or just seeing popular sites, I strayed from the beaten path and went into the neighborhoods. I wanted to see how people were really living. Important context: I grew up during the tail end of the cold war. The Soviet Union was “the evil empire,” and communism was oppressive and deadly. I had never been out of the United States, and I had no idea what to expect. But I wanted to see it for myself. No surprise, I learned a great deal from my…
Conservatives inspire
During the 2008 election, Barack Obama purchased 30 minutes of commercial television time. During that time, he introduced the country to four families who were having a difficult time making ends meet. He gave them the airtime to share with us their problems and challenges and remind us of how tough the economic times in our country are. This seemed very in step with the approach of liberal politicians – always lamenting the worst. Given the same 30 minutes of airtime, I would have used that time to introduce the country to four families who, despite the challenges we’re…
I don’t usually use this forum to simply repeat someone else, but…
You probably either saw this live or have already heard about it, but just in case you missed it, Ricky Gervais had this to say to the Golden Globe audience of actors and actresses last night about how they should accept their awards: “So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything, you know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So, if you win, come up, accept your…
Illegal immigration and terrorist sleeper cells
One of the aspects of critical thinking that is very important is being able to connect seemingly unrelated events and take a holistic view of the information around you. After President Trump decided to take out Iranian General Soleimani, the media was full of fear and concern about Iran’s retaliation. Many Democrat opponents expressed worry about Iran activating sleeper cells. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was one such Democrat who warned against the activation of sleeper cells. Senator Menendez has voted in favor of sanctuary cities housing illegal immigrants and criticized President Trump for categorizing illegal immigrants with DUIs…
Hiring Day still serving to hold back blacks
I’ve been following politics closely since 1985. That’s 35 years of New Years Days. In all those years, I’d never heard of “Hiring Day” until this year. But I’m not surprised at the effort to make it a story in this political environment. “Hiring Day,” in the days before the Civil War, was the day that slave contracts expired and/or were renewed. (Think of it like the start of free agency in the NFL, NBA, or MLB.) On this day, slaves would either be traded to another owner or renewed with their current owner. Aside from the already horrific…
A tribute
I was sad to hear that an old friend and mentor, Jeff Edman, passed away recently. Jeff was the CEO of PC World Magazine, but was head of sales when I met him. I interviewed with him in his office one day for a role with his sales team. It was the standard set of questions, but then out of nowhere, he pulled a list out of his desk and started reading it to me. It was a list of the 10 reasons why I could be fired on the spot, without any questions. His reading of the list…
2020 plans for the Bubbler
Happy new year, everyone. 2019 was a great year. Gave us a chance to get our feet wet here at the Bubbler. Also, I think we’re set up for an exciting 2020. This year, we are committed to launching our podcast, with a block of at least 8 first season episodes, as well as publishing our first book. We’re also hoping to start contributing as a writer for at least one of our favorite online publications – perhaps American Greatness. And by the end of the year, we’d like to have made at least one speaking appearance. We’re also…