Curmudgeons Corner
Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Saturday, November 07, 2026
One of the more shocking developments of the recent midterm elections was the transformation of Texas from a red state to a blue state, with Democrats being elected as governor, lieutenant governor, and to the Senate. However, some of the statements made by James Talarico, soon to be Texas’s first Democratic senator in over a generation, have raised eyebrows as well as hopes.
Friday, November 06, 2026
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Sunday, November 01, 2026
If the Democrats win one or both houses of Congress, Politico is reporting that on top of their agenda is to wage lawfare against Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and the world’s richest man. The gavels are warming up for a myriad of investigations into Musk and his businesses. Such a move could have profound effects on American space policy and politics, particularly the Artemis return to the moon program.