Scott Adams: In his own words
Imagine that you go to a football game in the United States. The announcer asks the crowd to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Everyone stands and faces the flag. Except you. In this thought experiment you’re a citizen of the United States and a patriot. You were born in…
Read MoreIn my experience on this planet, anything that is both important and corruptible (without detection) is already corrupted. Athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs, politicians are using dirty tricks, hedge funds are using insider information, and so on. It’s a universal truth. I doubt you could find anything in our world…
Read MoreMy predictions about the Iowa caucus were wrong! I am fallible after all. Time to eat some crow, as we say in America. Let me at it! Nom-nom-nom. Gulp. Mmmmm… That’s good crow. This is one of those situations in which having no sense of embarrassment comes in handy. I look forward…
Read MoreAs of this writing, 60% of the voting public views Donald Trump unfavorably. In the 2D world, you assume he is doomed in the general election. But let’s bump up to the third dimension and see how it looks from there. For starters, we have watched Trump confound most pundits by improving…
Read MoreRegular readers of this blog might remember that I broke up with my government in 2013 after they were involved in torturing both of my parents to death. (See last paragraph of this post.) Today is payback. Now you know my motivation. It’s personal. If polls hold, Iowa is going to fire the government…
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