Everything is completely normal. Nothing to see here

Pope Francis was a friend of science. I am proud to have met him, and I am saddened by his death.

Francesco the taxi driver was listening to a discussion of European security (or lack thereof) on the radio. Literally as we passed the Roman Forum, he addressed me with real sorrow: people have forgotten history. My Italian is poor but the context helped

Trump was right! When you hire people for their race or gender, you don’t get the best and brightest

This isn't a sudden insight that we could only gain today, as we watch Trump's barbarians loot and pillage some of the world's top research institutions and recommend cod liver oil over vaccines. Here's my Facebook comment on the encampments, May 2024.