I found myself looking at remote islands like Pitcairn and St. Helena . Pitcairn Island is probably the most famous of the two as this is where Fletcher Christian led his mutiny against the Bounty and tried to settle his merry band of mutineers far from the long arm of the British Empire. His legacy has lived on. I couldn't help feel a touch of envy, but as much as one tries to distance oneself from events in this crazy mixed up world of ours, the bad news still has a way of seeping in. Elon Musk has managed to reach Pitcairn, setting the 35 permanent inhabitants up with Starlink free of charge in his effort to leave no stone unturned on this planet. Elon has brought his DOGE and pony show to Washington, determined to make government accountable by slashing unnecessary spending. Good luck with that after Republicans pushed through a whopping $895 billion defense bill in their last month in session. The only thing they managed to cut was funding for...