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Friday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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Wednesday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (495+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Wednesday, January 7, 2026 " 8 comments ETA: "Naphtha" is petroleum industry jargon for unfinished gasoline, usually an intermediate stream in an oil refinery. Way back when I was a working engineer, one of the projects I worked on was the design…...
Monday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (80+ words) OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through'Patreon'or making a one-time contribution via'PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a…...
One of the Dumbest Things I Have Read in a While
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (858+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Friday, January 2, 2026 " No comments So, I noted a reference to this piece at NRO's The Corner: Let's Hire Professors Purely on Merit that took me down a bit of a rabbit hole. The piece was by George Leff,…...
We Made it to 2026 Forum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (132+ words) Happy New Year, but now what? Steven L. Taylor " Thursday, January 1, 2026 " 1 comment Other people on Youtube who had promoted Honey, and taken sponsorship money from it, apologized for doing so and urged their viewers to remove it from their browsers. This…...
Tuesday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
1+ week, 3+ day ago (116+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Tuesday, December 30, 2025 " 3 comments For the first time since November 14th, I've neither a market price study nor a Hell Week proposal to assemble. I may even take the weekend off, should our luck hold out. Today's History Lesson December…...
Sunday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
1+ week, 5+ day ago (152+ words) Steven L. Taylor " Sunday, December 28, 2025 " 3 comments This is interesting. New Commodore 64 computers will go on sale shortly. Preorders are being taken now, at a somewhat reduced price. Here's a review. I suppose there's a huge nostalgia factor. The C64 was a capable…...
Boxing Day Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (109+ words) James Joyner " Friday, December 26, 2025 " 3 comments So, once robots and AI take over all or most human jobs, what will be the rationalization for giving the wealthy tax cuts? Fun fact: When the self checkout craze began some years ago, the…...
Christmas Eve Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 2+ day ago (180+ words) OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through'Patreon'or making a one-time contribution via'PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a…...
Saturday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 6+ day ago (80+ words) OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through'Patreon'or making a one-time contribution via'PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a…...