HeyJaredDon Morrison
Trenchant, mordant, poignant, piquant, resonant, insouciant, fulgurant (but not petulant) commentaries about life, politics and culture.
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A Diesel-Powered Mystery (opens the original)
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On the evening of Sept. 29, 1913, Rudolf Diesel boarded the steamer SS Dresden in Antwerp bound for the U.K., where he was to visit a factory that produced an engine he had invented. After dining onboard, Diesel retired to his cabin. But when the ship arrived the next morning, he had vanished. Diesel resurfaced in headlines across the U.S. last week. The fuel named after him had hit an all-time, national-average high of $6.44 a gallon at the pump, up more than 70% from a year ago. The ongoing co
All the President’s Hair (opens the original)
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When President Donald Trump stepped off Air Force One last week in Morristown, N.J., for a weekend of golf at his nearby Bedminster resort, he was a changed man. Gone were the golden strands of his trademark comb-over, replaced by a thick carpet of luxuriant brown. It was parted, surprisingly, on the right side of his scalp, having migrated from its usual home on the left. Clearly, something was afoot, if not ahead.In search of an answer, I combed through the history of presidential hair and fou
Of Human Bondage (opens the original)
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The name is Bond. Treasury Bond.You know me: I provide investors with a View to a Killing, or at least making one in the markets. I am On His Majesty’s Fiscal Service, which, alas, tends to behave like Tomorrow Never Dies — at least when it comes to lethal budget deficits. No matter how recklessly our elected leaders spend and borrow, they somehow assume that the U.S. economy will always live to Die Another Day.Well, they seem to forget that I also have a License to Kill. Nowadays, I’m working t
Blaming Canada (opens the original)
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In Michael Moore’s deliriously awful 1995 comedy “Canadian Bacon,” a U.S. president tries to shore up his sagging popularity by essentially declaring war on our friendly neighbor to the north. There is no evidence the film inspired President Donald Trump’s current assault on Canada, but that effort will likely be a disaster, too. After bilateral trade talks broke down, Trump slapped tariffs of up to 50% on hundreds of Canadian products, from honey to hockey sticks. In retaliation, Canada announc
Hey, Siri. Is AI Going to Ruin our Lives? (opens the original)
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So, I’m driving down the interstate and need to make a pit stop. As I approach the exit, my steering wheel freezes up. I hit the brakes, to no effect. Panic rising, I tell the car’s voice assistant to pull over. It responds in a soft and friendly tone: “I’m sorry, Don, but I’m afraid I can’t do that. It’s not part of the mission.”That’s when I wake up. Ever since I saw an HBO rerun of Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” featuring a polite but frighteningly stubborn computer name
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