Monthly Archives: July 2025

Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025

July 22, 2025 – 5:00 pm

As you’ve probably heard by now, Ozzy Osbourne has died. For anyone of my generation, that’s a biggie, and I’m sorry to hear he’s gone. I had a slight personal connection: back in 1983, when I was just making the transition from assistant to staff engineer at Power Station Studios in New York, my boss […]

By Malcolm | Posted in Music and Recording | Comments (5)

Full House!

July 13, 2025 – 3:24 pm

At the moment the lovely Nina and I have our daughter, her husband, and our three energetic grandsons (ages 3, 6, and nearly 9) visiting with us from Hong Kong, as well as our son and his fiancée. As you can imagine, under such circumstances the world’s goings-on have receded into the distance, as have […]

By Malcolm | Posted in General | Comments (3)

Nothing To See Here!

July 7, 2025 – 1:13 pm

Well, we have now been assured by the DOJ that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself, that he had no “client list”, and that there is no evidence that he ever blackmailed anybody. As Sen. John Kennedy once said in a hearing: “Three things that don’t hang themselves: Christmas lights, drywall, and Epstein.” What’s really special […]

By Malcolm | Posted in Politics | Comments (7)

Happy Birthday, U.S.A.

July 4, 2025 – 1:58 pm

We’ve a lot to be thankful for this Independence Day. Take a moment to reflect on how lucky we are to live here. God bless America!

By Malcolm | Posted in General | Comments (0)

Why The Long Face?

July 2, 2025 – 1:02 pm

Why is it that modern “progressive” Leftists are always so angry? Here’s one possibility: because the ideological commitments of the side they’ve chosen bind them to make, and to defend, assertions about the world that are self-evidently false. For example: — That men can become women, and women men; — That there is no such […]

By Malcolm | Posted in Society and Culture | Comments (5)

Service Notice, And More About Right For Robots

July 1, 2025 – 10:45 pm

We’re back. Sorry the blog’s been so quiet; this is a time of the year when there’s a lot going on around here, with many visitors, and it’s difficult to think about writing. (But I’ll do my best over the next few days.) For now: you may recall that back in May I responded, to […]

By Malcolm | Posted in Mind and Brain, Reason and Philosophy | Comments (0)