I know my ideas may sound idiotic, but I contend that they are merely naive. And, one of the virtues of naivete is that I do not have an already deeply ingrained way of thinking.

That said, I've been quite disappointed with "object orientation". I was a very early Python adopter - and people made fun of me when I tried to explain how the indentation worked.... and later, when it became more and more object-oriented I came to realize that it was not easier, and I was not more productive, and that classes and objects are not very powerful means of abstraction - and to me are more like an additional layer on top than an means of simplification. Correct me if I am wrong, but objects are still operating essentially at the level of first-order logic.

So, if one is to approach abstractions of data and program (together), one should do this in terms of functions and types, and then one may gain some ease of access to higher-order approaches to problem-solving.

The United States has been carrying out such voyages through the stretch of water separating Taiwan and China about once a month. This has angered Beijing, which views them as a sign of support for the island.

Friggin’ China gets angry at every thing. They need to take a pill or something.

Taxing wealth is the only way to meaningfully constrain inequality and its destabilizing effect on our Democracy

People will claim that the wealthy will simply "move out of the country". And yes they may - but this will also lessen their influence.

I will give credit where credit is due - these are honorable people here.

"The climate science is clear and uncompromising," says Tuesday's letter, which was co-signed by more than two dozen House Democrats including Reps. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.), Cori Bush (Mo.), Jesús "Chuy" García (Ill.), Mondaire Jones (N.Y.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.).

The whole point of going to national healthcare is to take the profit driven investors out of the equation.

They can invest is solar, but solar doesn't have the clout or money that coal does yet. So it's still more profitable for them to back coal.

I can’t support the corporate hand outs.

It's an informative irony that so many politicians argue against "budget busting" efforts at encouraging solar energy, wind power, and geothermal power in the fight against climate change and then somehow find 56 Billion for Intel et al.