March 2026

The vertical transaction perspective between emission and detection rather than the horizontal perspective between observers clarifies the effects of relativity.  Detection is an event, no less than, emission, and…Read more

(a continuation from Fun and Games in Washington DC) Well, after the minor interruption of touring the Smithsonian museums, we were back on our schedule.  We ‘did’ the Bureau…Read more

(a continuation of My Few Moments in the Bright Sun) It wasn’t as though I hadn’t ever been in Washington D.C. before.  I had spent considerable time there on…Read more

(a continuation of My Moment of Fame and Shame) I headed up to Perry Sikes’ office in mahogany row the morning after the phone call that had rescued me…Read more

My roles in every production I’ve ever been associated with have been quite minor.  And, yeah, I know.  That’s what they all say when the shit hits the fan.…Read more

Whether ‘stars on their belly’ or a prime on ‘the other’ observers’ locations in space and time draws an unnecessary distinction that leads to categorical errors and bad thinking. …Read more

Let’s face it, it wasn’t measured independently here and on Andromeda or in any other distant galaxy.  And its value varies widely even here on earth, depending on whether…Read more

Her in the US March Madness is upon us.  Not that its onset is anything new.  But we are about to determine who is the best college basketball team…Read more

_____________________ (I’ve been looking through my book ‘Aberrations of Relativity’ (C) 2008, where I found this sci fi story that I wrote back then.  The imminence of war, as is…Read more

If one were to consider all evidence for the supposed time dilation, it would fall into a general category of alterations in rates associated with spontaneous state transitions between…Read more