Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser

A Plea for the Night

Free Speech--so Yesteryear--now it's "Values"

"Values" are supposed to make science "socially responsible"

Where’s Your Leonardo?

A work by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, that is. As you may have heard, one of his paintings, entitled “Salvator Mun

To the Corn-Farming CLIMATE Protectors -- especially in Iowa and Illinois

Greetings to you, with my hope that you are doing well! According to public records, most of you are. That's good!

Goodbye to Gasoline...

Have you seen headlines like "Say Goodbye to Oil, Gas, & Solar...," or "The new Gasoline," courtesy of Goldman-Sachs (Snopes), or "Holy Grail of Fuels Found," and other salivations about "alternative" new energy sources?

Betting on HIGH, or LOW?

Just in case you are wondering what this about, it's about the small town of Show Low in Arizona with a population of around 10,000. If you want to read up on more details, see Show Low, Arizona .

The Oracle of Apollo

In former times, it was thought to be prudent to consult with the purveyors of advice and wisdom prior to major undertakings, such as starting big wars.

The Hunt for October

Submarine warfare systems are in a class of their own. You may have seen the 1990 espionage thriller movie The Hunt for Red October. It portrays a late Cold War era encounter of various submarines. Suffice to say, a real suspense flick.

Looking for a new Career?

With the current "War on Monuments" just getting underway, new and lucrative jobs will be coming up soon, for example, for good stone masons and foundry workers. After all, what is going to replace all the well-crafted monuments in the public squares of nearly every town in the country that may soon get torn down? Surely, these century-old town squares can't be left empty, devoid of any visible memorials to the new age of revisionist thinking!

Loons, Loonies, and Lunatics

On the many lakes covering the continental Granite Shield, the Common Loon is a regular sight that everyone enjoys. Typically you'll only see one pair in any one lake or embayment. It's not only just their steadfast, self-reliant habit and their splendid black & white plumage.

A Keynote Address to Forget

On June 25, 2017, Dr. Steven Chu’s keynote address to the attendees of the 2017 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was presented by his colleague, Dr. W. Moerner. The written text of the speech can be downloaded from the References at my book website (Keynote-Steven-Chu-LiNo17-25-June-2017.pdf, file size 107703 bytes).

Jumping Kangaroos: 1 – Autonomous Cars: 0

As The Verge reports, self-driving, i.e. “autonomous cars” (ACs) have a problem, at least in Aussie-land. They can’t figure out whether the kangaroos are going to jump or not or, if so, where to.

Not worth a Penny

Specifically, I’m talking about official “Bank of Somewhere” notes, redeemable for whatever, and so forth. The world of highfalutin financial systems seems to have found new high and low points.

Turtles and Reality

In the local environs several kinds of turtles are common, including Painted turtles, Map turtles, Snapping turtles, Stinkpots, and possibly others. On a sunny spring day, one can see several out of the water on a rock, trying to catch a ray of warm sunshine before diving back into the still cold water of perhaps 7 °C (45 °F).

Train of Thoughts

Am I reading right? A (railway) train jumped the tracks, right in a major city’s main train station? Perhaps I misread that (reminder to myself: get an eye-checkup forthwith!) -- that must be a MISPRINT!

Sunny Roof Tiles and Boring Tunnels

Well, on the surface, the recently touted "solar roof tiles" sound like a great idea, a roof with photovoltaic cells embedded in the tiles, barely distinguishable from ordinary roof tiles.

Your Condo on the Moon

Colonizing the Moon has been claimed to be the stepping stone for colonizing planet Mars (NASA: "En Route to Mars"). Some folks are all in favor, with headlines like "Make American First on the Moon again!"

Soon, Everyone can be Happy, or High

Perhaps, that will be better--or not; time will tell. Of course, I'm talking about the plant Cannabis sp., known as marijuana, the new "vice of choice."

Dear Postmaster General

Dear Postmaster General, Please, have pity on me--I just can't get the old terms out of my mind. Canada Post is now controlled by a president, CEO, and other highly-paid functionaries that certainly deserve the full support of the citizenry. Not to forget, the daily "health-exercises" of trekking to the community mailboxes to retrieve our dose of donation-seeking "Dear Friend/Supporter" letters and the like.

Growing Spuds on Mars

Yours truly has a preference for spuds over rice as the dietary "carb." So, you may forgive me for being interested in news about this tuber-kind being potentially feeding the future colonists on planet Mars.