Rolf Pechukas·Jun 22, 2022The Joy of SorrowWhy do we have sad chemicals? What is their selective advantage?
Rolf Pechukas·Mar 5, 2020Reverse-Engineering PsyOpsWe all know we are being targeted. With ads, news stories, rumors, inuendos, and somehow divided from each other. Somehow set against each…
Rolf Pechukas·Feb 1, 2020The Otherwise PartyI’m thinking there are three natural parties in America. The ‘Bloodsucker’ Party. The ‘I Got Mine’ Party. And the ‘Over My Dead Body’…
Rolf Pechukas·Jan 27, 2020The Plunder of the CommonsTrue conservatives and true progressives have a lot in common. Essentially: The National Interest.
Rolf Pechukas·Jan 27, 2020The Weaponization of FactoidsWe all keep saying facts are dead. That this is the post-truth age. That up is down, and in is out, and nobody knows what’s going on…
Rolf Pechukas·Aug 7, 2019Firing Into CrowdsWe are all being told it’s the guns. Or it’s the video games and social ostracization and “mental illness.” And both clearly play some…
Rolf Pechukas·Jan 9, 2019ExtractionismExtraction is the enemy. NOT capitalism. NOT socialism.A response icon1A response icon1
Rolf Pechukas·Mar 12, 2018The Chicago PrincipleMy son and I used to travel to Oshkosh, Wisconsin every summer for the experimental aviation extravaganza. (Where people build their own…A response icon1A response icon1
Rolf Pechukas·Jan 24, 2018The Bravest of SoulsOK. A little thought experiment: Suppose we are spirits. We zip around, pure irrepressible joy, through the universe, no encumbrances, no…
