There are people who believe that an armed society is a safer and therefore better society. One can argue about the meaning of “better.” But there can be no equivocation on the word “safer,” and anyone with a 4th grade …
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There are pregnant women who smoke cigarettes who wouldn’t think of going outdoors without sunscreen. There are guys who ride motorcycles with no helmets who drink a pint of fresh-made vegetable juice every morning. There are also those who think …
Are you trying to tell me that an actual educator will be functioning as Biden’s Secretary of Education? We were just getting used to that post being held by a person with no background in the subject, whose only qualifications …
The meme here is funny, but it’s not 100% true. My mom is a political junkie who has little patience for liberals, but even she has to smile when I ask her about Bernie Sanders. “Oh, poor Bernie. He really …
Is it just me, or is justice starting to make a comeback? Who knows what will be the consequences to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his role in the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Yet it appears …
Almost half of Americans look at this quote from British actress Audrey Hepburn with disdain. A left-over hippy? Someone grossly out of touch with the grim realities of living in a competitive world? This wasn’t the case until fairly recently. …
There is no doubt that our world would be a much better place to live if we used our resources to educate young people across a wider sphere of disciplines. Until the 17th or 18th Century, there was very little …
With the help of every mainstream media outlet imaginable, Bill Gates is heavily promoting his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. I won’t be reading it, because based on what I can discern, it contains very little that …
We’ve all seen the argument that favors replacing some of our kids’ high school classes with those covering some of the practical life skills discussed in the meme here. Some use sarcastic humor to make this point, e.g., “I’m glad …
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