Looking at
the Cup Half Full
since 1966

Some of you might have received $1200 from the US government or will do so soon. For many Americans, this is money desperately needed to pay their bills. This is not true for everyone receiving this payment and that’s what made me wonder. How would or should someone spend those…

I’ve been doing quite a bit of work on my bucket list during the time we were told to stay at home. I’ve been building a 3D printer and getting and up and running and kept busy in many ways. As a break from the hard work I allow myself…

Today is Yom Kippur. It’s the highest holiday on the Jewish calendar. Unlike the main Christian holidays, it’s a rather serious affair. It’s a day of forgiveness and jews spend it fasting and in deep prayer. On that day a right-wing extremist in Germany tried to gain access to a…

Before I talk about my vision for trains in the future I’d better provide some random facts about my train background: My dad introduced me to the world of cars and planes when I was little. We had the according to magazines in the house, went to air shows and…

Last week we were presented with the news that the US is leaving the INF treaty.  This agreement was banning the possession of land-based short and middle-distance nuclear weapons for the US and Russia. Yes, there was some lying on the Russian side about the development of their new missiles…

I have a lot of sympathy for the government employees, their families, and all the government contractors who are suffering unnecessarily during the longest government shutdown in US history. How do we get unstuck so people can carry on with their lives again? I’d suggest to Democrats to insist on…