Editorials from Theslowlane
Friday, April 03, 2026

A friend remembers things I sent in the mail.

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There is a network of artists who exchange things in the mail informally that I found way back in the 1980s. Called the Mail Art Network. L...

I have mixed feelings about human spaceflight.

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I have mixed feelings about going back to the moon even though I was pro the space program as a child during the first Apollo flights to the...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Some pictures from New York City after my 1993 bike trip across USA.

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Going through old photos from the only time in my life that I was in New York City. It was when I took the train back from my second bike tr...

Biking can be a good way to avoid traffic rat race.

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Cut through on a quiet residential street. Humboldt St. in Bellingham. Northbound lanes of I-5 are still closed dumping some of the I-5 t...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

We may be too hard on one another and our institutions these days. Circular firing squad.

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If Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, we would have a different Supreme Court today. She won the popular vote, but the enthusiasm and vote was...

Possible plans revealed early for a presidential library in Florida.

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Another unprecedented thing. Plans revealed early for a Trump presidential library / skyscraper in Miami with gold statues. Land already don...

Could stagflation bring back the alternative thinking of the 1970s?

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It looks like US and world economies are returning to the stagflation that defined my college years in the 1970s. Inflation and stagnation a...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

There is more difference between Republicans and Democrats, these days, than in any other time of my 70+ year lifetime.

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I think there is more difference between the Democrats and the Republicans these days than at any other time in my lifetime. There is a huge...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

The Republican House is dysfunctional.

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It looks like the Republican run House of Representatives and it's leader Mike Johnson have shot themselves in the foot by rejecting the...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

America's recent wars have not been that successful, but much of the world still envies America's peacetime economy.

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In recent decades, the US has been better at winning the peace than winning a war. Our quagmire wars in the Middle East have been long and c...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

If Trump had won in 2020, we'd likely have a Democrat in the White House now.

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Maybe it would have been better if Trump had won in 2020 because we would likely be done with him by now. As the pendulum swings, we would p...

War sabotaging the fossil fuel industry.

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While more reports come out warning about climate change and fossil fuel use. Part of the world is in the process of destroying fossil fuel ...

It's not just that there are too many people on earth, it's also the way people wish to live.

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There are too many people on earth if over half of the people want to live the so called American Dream of single family homes, car ownershi...

Good news for moderate left.

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Here is what I consider good news. France’s local elections, closely watched for clues to next year’s presidential vote, have given parties...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Avoiding traffic when rockslides block roads to Bellingham.

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Rains and a rockslide has temporarily closed north bound lanes of I-5 south of Bellingham diverting some I-5 traffic through a few Bellingh...

Reducing overly cumbersome degree requirements for state jobs.

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Washington State has a new state law dropping overly cumbersome degree requirements for state jobs. According to an article I saw on Fox T...

Solar energy helps Pakistan reduce dependency of Persian Gulf for energy.

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On March 16 NPR Radio Website I saw. Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs. Energy experts say ...

Conservative religious values and traditions could bring us back to a new Dark Ages.

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This morning I woke up to some disgusting news that some countries in West Africa may be increasing the punishment for the crime of LGBTQ pr...

The choice between dogmatic religion and atheism is bleak. Liberal, open minded religion seems more palatable.

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The choice between the dictatorial god of fundamentalists and no soul or spiritual dimension of atheism is a stark and bleak world, in my op...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Graduated income taxes are a good compromise.

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I'm not for "sticking it to the rich" with massive taxes, but I am for graduated income taxes with the rich getting taxed more...

Our war may cause regime change in USA of the political kind.

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The US - Israeli war against Iran may cause regime change in the US as Republicans fall in the polls. Trump's brand and even Israel'...

I don't drive a car and I haven't flown since the 1980s, but I still don't think our civilization is evil.

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Gas prices are going up. Air travel is also being inconvenienced by a TSA budget impasse. I could smugly say I haven't flown since the 1...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Latest report. Finland at the top of the happiest list. Afghanistan at the bottom.

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According to BBC.

Trump didn't need to start war to cover Epstein files. Republicans shield him from accountability. Lack of accountability means he starts a war on a whim.

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I doubt that Trump started the war with Iran to cover up the Epstein files. The Republican Party has shielded him from accountability so he ...

Right to life politics brings death.

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In the name of right to life, Christian nationalists have brought us the politics of more death. Huge cuts in USAID and now a poorly planned...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

AI can engage in discussions that most professionals, in fields of expertise, don't have time to discuss with me.

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I recently had a productive conversation, with Google AI, about cosmology. Experts, in the field, usually don't have the time to convers...
Monday, March 16, 2026

I hope Washington State isn't counting it's chickens before they hatch.

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I think Washington State's millionaires tax is a good idea, but some of our state budget may be already assuming that the revenue, from ...

Fundamentalists in both Iran and USA have dragged us into war.

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I think we would have been better off if we had waited out the morbid fundamentalist regime, in Iran, as it was likely to crumble from withi...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Authoritarian religions reduce population through killing and starvation, but there are nicer alternatives.

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Several years ago, I wrote that a worldwide turn toward authoritarian religious values could lead to a higher deathrate and possibly a large...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Would a tax on millionaires make it harder for sports teams to recruit top paid athletes?

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I am glad that Washington State is likely to get tax on millionaires. Some folks fear that it might hurt business and cause some wealthy fol...
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