[February 20, 2026] There are travelers, and there are tourists. Tourists see the sights but miss the country. Travelers see the country—and the sights, too. In Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, locals have an old pejorative term for tourists: “emmet,” which literally means “ant.” It paints a vivid picture of those annoying out-of-towners who clog the roads and… Read More »
[February 16, 2026] In 1994, when Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein published their book The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, it immediately prompted widespread criticism. However, few disputed the idea that IQ would follow a bell-shaped distribution. Some who study intelligence now believe the IQ curve is more likely positively skewed. By ‘positively skewed,’… Read More »
[February 13, 2026] We should not be surprised by what happens in a Baltimore school. The education system has been in free fall for decades. Recently, a student was sent back from his senior year, 12th grade, to the 9th grade. Shocking? Nope, not at all. In a WBFF Fox 45 News story, it is reported that in… Read More »
[February 8, 2026] A buddy of mine in junior high school went by the name “Two by Four.” I have no idea why he was called that but rumor has it that he used a 2×4 piece of lumber to beat up a guy trying to steal his girlfriend. The year was 1966 or 67. The town… Read More »
[February 5, 2026] “Your job is to get the newspaper as close to their front door as possible.” That’s it; the outgoing paperboy was passing his paper route to a noob, an inexperienced, often confused teenager who had just moved from southern Texas to our new city. But the personality is not the focus of this story. I… Read More »
[February 1, 2026] Ken LaCorte runs a social media platform where he “takes on controversial topics.” I like that about anyone who is also a likely brutal truth teller. LaCorte takes on the topic that has been in the news lately, why are liberal women so unhappy? It turns out that they really are. See the full video… Read More »
[January 31, 2026] Science is changing the way we view our most ancient ancestors, the Neanderthals. In a video by Highly Compelling, he refers to this as the Neanderthal Problem That Scientists Don’t Want to Discuss. The “problem” is that our understanding of human development is wrong. Why does this matter? Besides setting the record straight, it tells… Read More »
[January 30, 2026] Since the days of being a babe (early 1950s), I would sit in front of a small black and white television set watching a children’s series, The Howdy Doody Show. My Mom claims it was my favorite, and she saw it as good ole wholesome fun. But there was more. Howdy Doody was a marionette… Read More »
[January 26, 2026] As a little boy raised in the Deep South, I was moved by the culture of the South and proud of its military traditions. Like many of my friends and those boys before me, we were also disappointed that the South had lost the Civil War. But, I would study this “War Between the States”… Read More »
[January 24, 2026] As my neighbors and I, located in South Jersey [note I didn’t write New Jersey], are preparing for a large snow storm coming to many parts of the U.S., I’m going to highlight a short take from Nick Freitas. He has provided some timely advice to Bernie Sanders’ followers of the world about the “right”… Read More »