Should we have dropped the bomb?

 With the movie Oppenheimer out, it's worth reviewing this lecture on whether the bomb should have been dropped.

This is a terrific article on the movie How Accurate is Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'?

The Root Causes of San Francisco’s Disorder. And read the comments, often the best part of any WSJ editorial.

Beautiful bird photos. Audubon Announces 2023 Audubon Photography Awards Winners. Premiere North American bird photography competition features stunning photos and videos from professionals, amateurs, and young people.

Of the 56 patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence, 17 men lost property due to British raids and 12 had homes destroyed. Five lost their fortunes in helping fund the Continental Army and state militias battle the redcoats. Five were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. One had two sons imprisoned on a British starving ship, one had a son killed in battle, one had his wife die from harsh prison treatment, and nine signers died in the Revolutionary War.

American Exceptionalism. Or How Americans Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Gridlock. "What do you think is the reason that America is such a free country? What is it in our Constitution that makes us what we are?" asked the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia during his opening statement on ‘American Exceptionalism’ to the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 5th, 2011.

Nature is a magazine about science. It turns out they don't understand the science of the damage affirmative action does to potential black scholars. They are running non-scientific editorials.

Check out these amazing videos of an ongoing volcanic eruption on Iceland. 

A surprisingly interesting article about Tequila and Mezcal.

I Lost My Temper. San Francisco Has Lost Its Mind.

So where did COVID come from. The seminal paper was a lie; scientists caught red-handed.