Let's Talk Books And Politics

You can learn a little about a lot of things or you can learn a lot about a very few things. Guess which is the most fun.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Police, Protestors, Violence, and Tear Gas (Tear Gas Is Illegal in Warfare, but Legal on Protestors)

As this note is being written, organized protests have broken out in Los Angeles against Trump’s immigrant deportation activities. These p...

Monday, June 2, 2025

Ukraine, Russia, and Fighting the Next War: Fighter Jets

Technological developments have made it difficult and expensive to prepare for the next military conflict. The mindsets of the military le...

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Famine and Migration: The Luck of the Irish

Most people with a minimal education have heard of Ireland’s Great Famine or recognize it by the labels “Irish Potato Famine” or “The Great ...

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Goes Viral

When the brains of people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease are examined, clusters and tangles of two proteins, amyloid and t...

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Plastic Particles in the Brain: The Amount Just Keeps Growing

We are living in the age of plastics. They are fantastically useful. Their properties can be tailored by tuning the chemical content to pro...

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About Me

Rich: Hi, my name is Rich Couch. I spent my first career as a physical scientist. Now that I am retired I have chosen to go in another direction. I have had a lifelong love of books and an urge to write. Since I am not a story teller and I am way too old to start a new career I have found an outlet in writing essays combining reviews and my opinions of books and articles on politics and current affairs. My hope is that others will find what I have produced interesting and informative--and well written.

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