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Kenneth Silber

New Jersey
As seen in: Splice Today, New York Post, Scientific American, Substack, Reason, City Journal, Commentary Magazine, ThinkAdvisor, The Space Review, The Unpopulist

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Kenneth Silber’s Biography

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Writer, editor and fact checker on various topics in science, economics, politics and history. Regular contributor to SpliceToday. Articles in publications including Scientific American, the Wall Street Journal and the Daily Beast. Author of book "In DeWitt's Footsteps: Seeing History on the Erie Canal."

Kenneth Silber’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Administration's Foolish War on Basic Science

The Administration's Foolish War on Basic Science

Cutting funding for gravitational wave studies won't save taxpayers much but will jeopardize future scientifi…

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Hobbit Time

Hobbit Time

Notes on technological and political change. || Kenneth Silber

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Oligarchs in Bed with Autocrats Would Kill the Prospects for Liberalism in Space

Oligarchs in Bed with Autocrats Would Kill the Prospects for Liberalism in Space

Neither Elon Musk nor the Chinese government should get to steer space policy

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Sally Ride's Enduring Legacy

Sally Ride's Enduring Legacy

The U.S. Mint recently announced the first two women who will be honored on quarters as part of a program to …

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Women, Men and Power Tools

Women, Men and Power Tools

My wife has a lot of power tools and knows how to use them. This capacity intrigues men and women alike. Her …

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It Was Fun to Be a Right-Winger Once

It Was Fun to Be a Right-Winger Once

I had my first glimmerings of political interest during the 1976 presidential election. I preferred Gerald Fo…

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Encounters with the Eldritch

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By Kenneth Silber
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The trailer of Other Mommy intrigued me. A happy domestic scene, with an elementary-school-age girl surprised her mother’s home to make lunch, devolves into horror.
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Back to Normal Life

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By Kenneth Silber
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Returning to routine after a faraway trip has its irritations, exacerbated by jet lag. Perusing the Trump administration’s report Science: A New Golden Age, I saw little point in writing about the vacuous document, instead recalling what a critic said about the long-ago Olivia Newton-John movie Xanadu, that critiquing it would be like shooting arrows into a ghost. I resumed my (contract) work for Scientific American, a magazine that changed hands shortly before I left for Southeast Asia.
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Incredible Cambodia

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By Kenneth Silber
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AfterSingapore, Malaysia and Thailand, we flew to Cambodia, moving to a less-prosperous country with each phase. Cambodia’s one of Asia’s poorest, and its currency, the riel, runs at around R4000:US$1. You don’t need it, as dollars are widely used and dispensed by ATMs, though you may get a few thousand riels back as change when paying in cash. People are happy to see you.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Peter Parker.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email, mostly involving books I might review.