
With 85% of Puerto Rico still without power and the President tweeting that we can’t stay in P.R. forever, here’s a story on how Elon Musk and Tesla have come up with a way to use battery and solar technology to power the island forever. Tesla has already done this for smaller islands in Samoa. “Necessity is the mother of invention” and I certainly hope and pray that P.R. will emerge from this ordeal stronger than ever. Thank you, Elon Musk, for always thinking big. Apparently, the P.R. Governor is ready to talk with Musk and his crew.
Inflation has impacted all of us. The price of almost everything has spiked faster and harder than at any time since the 80s. Few things can obliterate a modern economy more than out-of-control inflation.
For most people, there is little upside to writing about the January 6th hearings, but as you probably know by now, I don’t worry about those things. We all must stand for something. The hearings have almost everyone taking sides before a single witness is called. Democrats believe that the events of January 6th were a calculated effort to undermine our democracy by demolishing two of the most sacred tenants of our nation, free elections, and the peaceful transition of power.
Most people consider themselves either a conservative or a liberal. I think if we forget political parties, which flip their positions on things all of the time, and instead focus on the actual definition of what it means to be a conservative and what it means to be a liberal, we might be able to temper the emotional reactions some of us have with political discourse.