Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
After a photograph of an emaciated polar bear hobbling on ice went viral online, some people are wondering if global warming is causing these majestic creatures to starve. Photographer Kerstin Langenberger, who snapped photo, wrote a concerned Facebook post questioning the health of polar bear populations. But the photograph is misleading, said Karyn Rode, a
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
So I’m going through airport security and the guy says, “Open your briefcase sir.” I flip the snaps, open the lid, and then the guy totally freaks out. I mean he called a supervisor, told me not...
Saturday, September 5th, 2015
Way back in the old days, sometime in between the dinosaurs and the Miley Cyrus, people had to work really hard just to survive. Men, women, and children were chasing buffalo, picking berries, fighting off lions, and...
Friday, September 4th, 2015
A frequent theme nowadays is “Why do they hate us?” meaning why does so much of the world detest the United States. The reasons given are usually absurd: They hate our freedom or democracy. They hate us...
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
Face it, you probably love one and hate the other. You probably think one is a rare voice of common sense while the other is a crazed lunatic. Or maybe you fancy yourself a ‘moderate,’ but if...
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
For those that think social media has some kind of magic bullet powers (I hear people talk like it does all the time)… The traffic on my linked in profile just went up 2,442% (yes that’s a...
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else....
Friday, August 14th, 2015
It never stops, and won’t. Another state of emergency in Ferguson. Headline: “Post-Dispatch Reporter Recovering after Attack while Covering Ferguson.” He was photographing break-ins. “The attackers punched him in the face, hit him in the head at...
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over “hunger in America.” Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, “one in eight American children is going hungry tonight.” Newsweek, the Associated Press and...
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
I’ve had four death threats. I’ve had several major media outlets write articles trashing me (with hundreds of comments agreeing. Even two rap songs composed just to bash me). I’ve had people even show up unexpectedly at...
Friday, July 31st, 2015
The United States has embarked on a headlong rush into matriarchy, something never before attempted in a major country. Men remain numerically dominant in positions of power, yes, but their behavior and freedom are ever more constrained...
Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
For many years I have lived in dread of having to answer The Question. Curiously, no one has asked it. At first I wondered if I had an ego problem. Did I feel bruised to learn that...
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
This is one of the SADDEST stories ever told in Hollywood. His name is Sylvestar Stallone. One of the BIGGEST and Most famous American Movie superstars. Back in the day, Stallone was a struggling actor in every...
Friday, July 10th, 2015
The local pub has been a part of English culture for hundreds of years. A gathering place for the community, an important part of social harmony. But the local pub is a dying breed. Over and over...
Friday, July 10th, 2015
The CNN “analysis” of a possible Greek exit from the Euro goes like this, “If Greece doesn’t get a bailout, all the things it needs to import will become much more expensive, hurting small businesses that rely...