Si Dunn

Just Fix It and Print It, A.I. (Oh, and Make me World-Famous While You’re at It) In her May 17, 2026, New York Times opinion piece “What A.I. Kant Do,” Maureen Dowd spotlighted so…

In her new book “Without Precedent,” ex-Washington insider Lisa Graves quickly lets readers know why she is no fan of John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. …

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, chose to not speculate when asked what damage Donald Trump might be doing to the U.S. Constitution. But, in his …

Go FigureRae ArmantroutWesleyan University Press978-0-8195-0080-9Paperback, hardcover, ebook In her new (sixteenth) poetry collection, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout makes some bold and…

JULY 27, 2024 (Updated and expanded from July 22, 2020 post) The 1964 Tonkin Gulf Crisis: Did We Shoot at Ghosts During the ‘Second Attack’? A radar picket destroyer on patrol near the Tonkin Gulf, 1964 — Photo by Si Dunn Sixty years after it…

Stories about Belonging Gajic & Furlan Enterprises, Inc. Autobiography, 592 pages Mira Furlan’s well-written book Love Me More Than Anything in the World offers much more than familiar life-in-Hollywood reflections. Completed before her death in Los…

This fourth edition of Ben Frain’s Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS continues an information flow that has now spanned a decade and helped numerous new and experienced web designers. The book is well written and well illustrated with plenty…

I have reached four conclusions after reading Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. Conclusion one: Our system of government is much more fragile than I realized. The Founding Fathers had no way to anticipate all of the guardrails that would be…

It’s not your imagination: America really is awash in conspiracy theories. Trump, UFOs, the JFK assassination, Elvis, “crisis actors,” Obama, Hillary, George Soros (or was it George Clooney?) grabbing for your guns — take your pick. The current…

Mastering Python, Second Edition by Rick van Hatten aims to help you “write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python’s capabilities.” It’s a big book, some 680 pages in print form, and well written. And it does indeed delve into…

Mastering Python, Second Edition by Rick van Hatten aims to help you “write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python’s capabilities.” It’s a big book, some 680 pages in print form, and well written. And it does indeed delve into…

Mastering Python, Second Edition by Rick van Hatten aims to help you “write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python’s capabilities.” It’s a big book, some 680 pages in print form, and well written. And it does indeed delve into…

Mastering Python, Second Edition by Rick van Hatten aims to help you “write powerful and efficient code using the full range of Python’s capabilities.” It’s a big book, some 680 pages in print form, and well written. And it does indeed delve into…

Yes, Americans need to work, and businesses of all sizes now claim they are desperate to hire. So why are we quitting jobs, refusing employment offers we supposedly “can’t refuse,” resisting orders to return to previous workplaces, and generally just…

Remembering DD-431 – #bookreview #USNavy #history Maine writer James Sullivan grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, hearing World War II stories from his great-uncle, Frank Gallagher, an Army veteran. One memorable tale included the time Gallagher, a…

Actually, no. This is not a post about that snarky kid named Eddie Haskell on the mid-20th-century TV sitcom “Leave It to Beaver.” (But I did use to watch “the Beave” and “Eddie” on a black-and-white television set with a rabbit-ears antenna.) The…

#bookreview #civilrights #politics #diplomacy The Many Lives of Andrew Young Ernie Suggs U.S. Ambassador Andrew J. Young’s high-profile career in public service is not quickly nor easily summed up. Nonetheless, The Many Lives of Andrew Young, by…

#bookreview #go #golang Mastering Go, 3rd Edition Mihalis Tsoukalous Packt Publishing, 978-180107-931-0 By Si Dunn To be honest, I’m not a great software developer. Actually, I retired from software development and software technical writing back in…

NO ENEMIES: POEMS Jimmy Santiago Baca Arte Público Press ISBN: 978-1-55885-927-2 Many people shy away from reading poetry, out of fear they won’t understand the imagery and rhythms squeezed into the verses and phrases. Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poems are…

NO ENEMIES: POEMS Jimmy Santiago Baca ISBN: 978-1-55885-927-2 Many people shy away from reading poetry, out of fear they won’t understand the imagery and rhythms squeezed into the verses and phrases. Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poems are both clear and…