Archive - The Curmudgeon's Progress

At its core, AI is the triumph of metrics over judgment leading to mediocrity (borrowed from Iain McGilchrist’s Substack): AI aggregates; humans discern…

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Sunday Dinner, a Parable

Written twelve years ago as a commentary on the traditional v. contemporary "worship wars", I think it applies to our current toxic political…

May 3 •

April 2025

NCAA Word Games

1978: Pete Rose "transfers" from Cincinnati to Philadelphia

Apr 1 •

February 2025

From the Curmudgeon's Progress blog archive: November 13th, 2008.

Feb 5 •

January 2025

We Must Never Forget

January 17 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan 27 •

California Burning - Three Explanations

Who or what is to blame for the burning of America's second largest city? Neglect? Nature? Or is it an act of war? Here are three views you won't see on…

Jan 13 •

December 2024

A Brief Note on Notes

I occasionally “restack”—share something of interest from another writer/publisher here on Substack.

Dec 7, 2024 •

No News Is Great News

Further thoughts....

Dec 5, 2024 •

November 2024

Are Democrats Democratic? Merriam-Webster Say "Yes"!

Please excuse my long, undisciplined absence. I blame the long, vacuous nightmare that ended on November 5.

Nov 8, 2024 •

July 2024

The Curmudgeon Begins, 1/22/2005

Inspired by another Substack writer (chairmaker Peter Galbert), I thought it would be fun to share the Curmudgeon’s very first blog post.

Jul 7, 2024 •

June 2024

Wokeness, Atheism, and Christianity

All Wokesters are atheists (whether they admit it or not), but not all atheists are Woke. A logical corollary is that there are no Woke Christians.

Jun 30, 2024 •

This short, personal history helped me understand the real importance of June 19th.

Jun 20, 2024 •

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