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History with Swear Words – Part 37 – The Fucking Crusades: There’s a stupid fucking idea going around that goes...
Neanderthal Lives Matter: I Am Sub-Human I know, I know, you’ve suspected...
In-Group Preference & the Game: Imagine you are on a soccer team. The opposing...
The Rohingya Deception: According to CNN and most every other Western news...
ISIS Versus Trudeau in Edmonton: Stupidity is Our Strength! In my hometown, Edmonton, some...
Shanghai Oil Contract is Black Gold: Shanghai Oil Contract threatens to overturn U.S. dollar hegemony....
Ben Shapiro at Berkeley 2017: Although I didn’t have a ticket to see Ben...
The Beaver Dam Letter: This is an actual letter sent to a man...
Marxists Upset They Have to Pay to Visit Karl Marx Grave.: Despite being famous for advocating a system without private...
Debunking Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Science in America: Celebrity scientist Neil Degrasse Tyson has a new video...
Trump Does the Unthinkable: As an entertainment journalist, I’ve had the opportunity to...
Wikileaks, CIA, and Michael Hastings: So I went to check out the latest Wikileaks...
No Rules, Too Many Rules, and Stifled Curiosity: Lately if feels like I’m living in a world...
The Gehlen Organization: German General Reinhard Gehlen went into hiding as WWII...
Universal Basic Income is Universal Basic Theft: When one asks why any libertarian would take Universal...
The Looming Conflict: It’s unfortunate. We approach the point where open conflict...
Berkeley Riot and the Bloody Question: Years ago, my dear friend Laura sighed, then said,...
A Cuban on Castro: Please don’t pretend to understand what happened on that...
Trudeau Eulogies: In his comments regarding the passing of Fidel Castro,...
The Joy of Propaganda: The purpose of propaganda is not to persuade, but...
Is France Next?: First Brexit, then Trump, could France be the next...
Progressives Looking Backwards: People who call themselves “progressives” claim to be forward-looking,...
Global Freezing?: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet, I’m afraid to...
Did a Canadian Mayor Refuse to Remove Pork from Menu for Refugees?: Muslims leaving the Middle East are trying to find...
Why Trump Won: Over this past year I’ve been called stupid, ignorant,...
Your Vote Doesn’t Matter – But You Do.: Did you ever have a dream that seemed so...
Why Trump Haters Really Hate Trump: It’s not the hair. Or the bad manners. Or...
2016 Election and the Art of the Possible: And I seriously thought 2012 would be the last...
The Other Side Absolutely Must Not Win: The past several weeks have made one thing crystal-clear:...
Rabbits and Wolves: The Sexual Evolution of Politics: There are two main sexual strategies in the animal...
Who Will Win the War on Error?: In May of 2018, the second year of Mrs....
Facebook Warriors: Today on Facebook I read the following statement: “WHITE,...
Tips for a debt-free life for Millennials: Research says that millennials aren’t ready to prepare for...
Canada’s Top Ten List of America’s Stupidity.: #10 Only in America… could politicians talk about the...
Kipling’s ISIS Solution. East is East and West is West.: Mencken was right, “For every complex problem there is...
Turkey No Surprise: Turkey? Orlando? Paris? So what else is new? I...
If Women Ruled the World…: Lesbian commentator Camille Paglia once wrote, “If civilization had...
The Wisdom of Prince. Quotes from the Purple One: Prince was more than just a musician, performer, dancer,...
Debunking the Cannot Eat Money Quote: “When the last tree is cut down, the last...
Sex, Religion & Civilization: Among civilized cultures there is a close relationship between...
RIP Kevin Randleman: Mr. Randleman impacted my life when I was around...
Is Congress Irrelevant? And What the Heck is a Boehner?: God’s truth, I do not know who Boehner and...
Smearing Scalia: Among the many sad signs of our time are...
The Common Nonsense on Terrorism: A few cheering thoughts on terrorism. This column specializes...
The Media Versus The Donald: In the feudal era there were the “three estates”...
University Professor Warns Politically Correct Students: In welcoming a new class, Mike Adams, professor at...
Showdown in San Ramon: A Clash of Civilizations: So I’m at Crown Billiards in San Ramon for...
Where Does ISIS Get the Money?: Numerous analysts believe these radical Islamists get much of...
Radical Islam’s War on Beer: While I was in Egypt this past summer, my...
Gun Control in France: In France, only licensed gun owners may lawfully acquire,...
The Islamic Inquisition and Modern Moderates: One of my dearest friends is a Muslim. She...
Veterans Money Stolen by Bad Design: By law, children of the one-hundred-percent-disabled combat vets can...
She loved it before she hated it.: According to CNN Hillary Clinton pushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Dancing with Psychos: I remember in the early 90’s in Tucson, I...
Doing “Something” About Guns…: Another lunatic went on a shooting spree, and just...
Don’t Mess with Dr.Geezer: An old geezer became very bored in retirement and...
Don Bongino on Bernie Sanders: Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino ripped into the...
Finland Sucks: Beggars can be choosy. And they are. For example,...
The Trump Paradox: What is it that puzzles New York about Trump’s...
Bear Faced Panic: After a photograph of an emaciated polar bear hobbling...
The Racist Clockmaker: So I’m going through airport security and the guy...
Who Gave Us the Weekend & Saved the Children?: Way back in the old days, sometime in between...
Why They Hate Us: A frequent theme nowadays is “Why do they hate...
Why I Love Both Donald & Bernie: Face it, you probably love one and hate the...
Facebook Magic Bullet Powers: For those that think social media has some kind...
HARRISON BERGERON by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal....
Making Racism Worse: It never stops, and won’t. Another state of emergency...
How to Deal with Haters: I’ve had four death threats. I’ve had several major...
Mother in Law: USA: The United States has embarked on a headlong rush...
A Communist asks “The Question.”: For many years I have lived in dread of...
Sylvester Stallone’s Dog Days: This is one of the SADDEST stories ever told...
English Pubs and American Indians: The local pub has been a part of English...
Euros, Gyros, Heroes, and Zeros.: The CNN “analysis” of a possible Greek exit from...
How Thomas Sowell Got Lucky: After my 85th birthday last week, I looked back...
Greece For Dummies: Mr. Greece really likes taking care of his family....
Slavery in Canada?: As Canada went to war in 1914, unwanted foreigners...
Get Your Money Out of Mutual Funds Now: BlackRock Inc. is seeking government clearance to set up...
Berkeley Word Game Totalitarianism: The political left has come up with a new...
Just Who are the Real Haters Here?: “I will never be able to hold her again,...
Gay Marriage Freedom?: In the old days, the slaves had to ask...
A Letter From Russian Immigrants to Governor Brown: Honorable Governor Jerry Brown, We are a group of...
You Are What You Say You Are?: Rachel A. Dolezal, the recently resigned president of the...
Was Jesus a Socialist?: On June 16, 1992, London’s Daily Telegraph reported this...
Stupid Doctors & How I Cured My Persistent Cough: For two years I was hacking up a lung....
How Plumbers Saved the World: Vaccines get all the glory, but most plumbers can...
Aeromobil: The Real Flying Car: Ever since the Jetsons, people have been laughing at...
Bagpipes on the Border: I’m still hopping mad about the US Government’s bagpipe...
Nine Things I’ve Never Asked a Woman: My date leaned over and asked, “What year is...
How to End Police Brutality Forever: I am going to make this as short and...
Left, Right & Elvis on Baltimore: Baltimore burns, that much is sure, but who is...
The War on Fathers: Not long ago, Megyn Kelly of FOX News went...
President Obama Fiddles While Baltimore Burns: During his press conference today, President Obama addressed the...
Feminist Destruction: We have suffered for decades now the squawking of...
Anthem: It Is a Sin to Write This…: It is a sin to write this. It is...
Isaiah’s Job: Isaiah’s Job is from Chapter 13 of Albert J....
Travel Hacking the IRS: Unlike many people, I do not have my taxes...
Cell Phone Cowards: Kids these days are punks and cowards. They can...
One Woman Versus the Tax Man: In a sense, the entire system of taxation is...
Mencken’s Bathtub and Social Security: In 1917, H.L. Mencken wrote an article to commemorate...
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s War on Pizza: A reporter went into Memories Pizza and asked an...
Mahatma Gandhi: Smartass: When Gandhi was studying law at the University College...
Iran Insanity and the War on Peace.: Most of the time, on most subjects, Rebublicans are...
The Craigslist Vasectomy: I got a vasectomy. I met a girl soon...
The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and...
How a Poor Boy Became the Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie rose from humble beginnings as a factory...
Who Shot Down MH17? Reuters Lies…: A witness, whom Reuters reported saying he saw a...
The Wal-Mart Story: Why do they Hate Customers? One-hundred percent of the...
In Praise of Stupidity: The simple man heads straight for his goal like...
Stock Market Crashes, Then and Now…: The endless low interest, QE, and bond purchasing programs...
Animal Rights and Wrongs: A “right” is something that cannot, or at least,...
Diversity is a Disaster.: Diversity is a disaster. Why people cannot see this...
Fighting Terror by Punishing You: Economist Martin Armstrong warns that the twin attacks in...
Dead Horse Solution: A boy named Chuck bought a horse from a...
Ancient Chinese Secret – The Wisdom of Lao-Tzu: Lao-tzu founded Taoism when he wrote the Tao Te...
A Short Guide to Kindness, Compassion, and Politics
A Cheapskate Christmas Carol: Ladies and gentlemen, take two minutes to read this...
The Truth About Population: With seven billion people already on our planet, some...
Why Johnny Can’t Rede: After today, you’ll never have to read about education...
Black and Green: Eric Garner’s death was a senseless act of State...
How to Get Rich in Congress: Isn’t it strange how often middle class people get...
The Rolling Stone Rape Fiasco: The fiasco of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s apology for an...
Are Typhoons Getting Worse?: No one likes typhoons, with the possible exception of...
The True Story of Pearl Harbor: The day after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt stood...
No Man is an Island (Except This Guy): My father wasn’t a king, he was a taxi...
History is for the Winners, Baby!: “History will be kind to me, for I intend...
10 Things Coffee Does to Your Brain: Legend has it that coffee was discovered 1500 years...
Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime: Whether these changes are good or bad depends in...
The Amazing Amazon: Where Marta Ortega’s family used to raise pigs is...
Dumb Climate Deal is Dumberer: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returned from China...
The Tiny Dot: In this entertaining video, Larken Rose explains the amazing...
News and Other Lies: These days, most people get their news from a...
Are “We” the Government?: Most people consider ‘government’ to be an institution of...
The World’s Strangest Political Quiz: Forget about the Conservative, Liberal pigeonhole stereotypes. Opinions vary...
18 Year-Old-Girl Wins State Election: Saira Blair, an 18-year-old freshman at West Virginia University,...
Election Rejection: Republicans won large majorities in both the House and...
The Senator in Heaven: While walking down the street one day a corrupt...
Countries Versus The Big Idea: Part 2: At the start of the First World War, the...
United Breaks Guitars: A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with...
Money Won’t Fix Africa, Freedom Will: Here’s how my Aug. 11, 2003, column began: “Anyone...
Glorifying Hitler or Flinging Mud?: Enough is enough. At Salon.com I encounter an article...
Definition of a Liberal: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of...
Countries Versus The Big Idea, Part 1: I like countries. Not because I like imaginary lines...
Canada is Shocked: Canadians were shocked in recent weeks as two Canadian...
Hillary Clinton and the Dept. of Making Shit Up: Hillary Clinton told an audience in Massachusetts, “Don’t let...
The Race to the Bottom: The other day I saw one of those guys...
To Tell the Truth: I’m pushing Mr. X down to Radiology in his...
Gene Simmons Said What?: Gene Simmons has a lot to say when he...
Ms. Yellen’s Imaginary Halo: Arguably the most powerful woman in the world, Federal...
Ebola Payola?: In what appears to be a staged “news” event,...
The “Trickle Down” Straw Man: Among the suggestions being made for getting the American...
The Flawed Definition of Nerd: So what defines a nerd to you? I find...
The 20 Stupidest Things Politicians Ever Said: “What right does Congress have to go around making...
Why Do Men Hate Shopping?: Of course, it’s cliche to say that, “Women like...
Day One Report: US Open 9-Ball Championship: Day One of the world’s premier pool championship is...
Real Life Policing Ain’t What You Think…: I sometimes wish that people knew more about cops,...
Ebola: Panic and Common Sense: The United States will begin “thermal screenings” of passengers...
IMF Wants to Reduce Risk by Encouraging Risk: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally realized what should...
Top 10 Deadliest Jobs: One might reasonably expect to find “hero” jobs such...
Anybody Seen America?: Mail arrives, telling me that by going to Mexico...
Apple vs. The FBI: Apple and Google recently announced that they are encrypting...
Eat More. Eat Smart.: A common misconception about weight loss is “eat less,...
Checking My White Male Privilege: Several decades ago, I was born. Purely by chance,...
Would You Like Toilet Water With Your Fries?: Would you rather have ice in your soda, or...
How Tyranny Came to America: One of the great goals of education is to...
Confessions of a Transgender.: A Redditt user who identified herself as transgender posted...
Do It Yourself Jihadism: Last week, Australian authorities thwarted a plan by Islamic...
Beating the Libertarian Strawman: If there is one thing that both liberal and...
Are Men Obsolete?: In a recent debate to decide the fate of...
No One Should Make that Trip Alone: The old veteran looked down at the boy and...
Permission Granted: I don’t know what it is with my generation...
A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Prozac Go Down?: What if psychiatric drugs like Prozac and Zoloft were...
Dodd-Frank Law Bait and Switch: If you ever want to know the purpose of...
Alton Nolan and White Privilege: After being fired from his job at a food...
The 13 Million Dollar Question: A little while ago, I was invited to participate...
The Forbidden Car: The Forbidden City in Beijing used to be reserved...
UFOs: The Coyne Helicopter Incident: An Army Reserve helicopter nearly collided with a UFO...
The Bizarre Reason Your Health Insurance Plan was Cancelled: “If you like your plan you can…” oh never...
Never Underestimate a Boy Band: Every time some dumb Japanese politician (all over 65)...
Save the Women and Children… from Women?: LaTesha is a tough girl from Queens, NY, with...
What’s A Living Wage?: While we talk about democracy and equal rights, we...
Scotland has more Sheep than People: I once read that “Scotland has more sheep than...
Who Shot Down MH-17?: Not surprisingly, the Russian Union of Engineers accuse the...
UFOs and the Cold War: The RB-47 Case: On the night of July 17, 1957, a UFO...
Lending a Helping Hand, and Lifting a Finger.: Yesterday while waiting for my friend to open the...
MSNBC Host Picks Rand Paul over Hillary: Former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur, says he would bet...
Sean Connery on Scottish Independence: Having been on this journey to independence for more...
What Would Braveheart Do?: By Patrick Buchanan No matter how the vote turns...
Rethinking Sexual Abstinence in the Christian Church: In the face of child molestation scandals, Pope Francis...
A Letter of Separation of Right from Left.: Dear American liberals, I know we tolerated each other...
Winning by Losing: How Sanctions Really (Don’t) Work.: The EU stepped up its sanctions on Russia, aligning...
4 Lousy Reasons the U.K. Doesn’t want to Break Up with Scotland: The Scots are on the verge of voting themselves...
How Men and Women Think Differently. The Nothing Box.: Women are much more complicated than men. Men are...
11 Ways to Tell if Your Country is Run by Idiots: 1. If you can get arrested for hunting or...
An Apology For Going To College: It is heresy in our time to intimate that...
UFOs and the Cold War – Part One: The index case for the modern UFO “epidemic” was...
Last of the Texas Wheeler Dealers: Known as the last of the Texas Wheeler Dealers,...
Nicola Tesla on Women: Shocking!: Over 100 years ago the Galveston Daily News interviewed...
The Top 20 Thomas Sowell Quotes: Some people have a knack for turning common sense...
The “Green Thing.”: Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested...
Hooray for the Criminals!: Regardless of whether the athletes at Yuma High are...
Good News for Polar Bears: 662,000 square miles of ice. More than twice the...
You’re Doing it Wrong: The “narrative” of Ferguson, Missouri changed somewhat. But, amid...
Think and Grow Rich: Timeless advice from Napoleon Hill: The majority of people...
What Cops Really Do: The police are out of control all across the...
Has Hillary Ever Been Right?: By Patrick J. Buchanan Sen. Rand Paul raises an...
Killing People is Not Nice.: I believe in equality. That is not to say...
The Anti-Asian Mayor: New York Mayor De Blasio wants to ‘solve’ social...
Irwin Schiff wants to know why he is in jail.: 86 years old, partly blind, and lacking legal counsel,...
Minimum Rage: Some politicians argue that raising the minimum wage helps...
A Message from Elena: This video was released a month before the Malaysian...
McCainiac and Sillery: Both John McCainiac and Sillery Clinton have recently compared...
Whither Israel?: The Road to Ruad I first heard the phrase...
Men are from Earth: Men are not from Mars. Women might be from...
She Threatened to Shoot Me…: I was just sitting there, visiting with a good...
Poverty and Snowstorms: Many years ago, in upstate New York, there was...
I Almost Killed a Guy Today: I did it on purpose, and to be quite...
Economic Viagra: Known to many as the maker of the sex-enhancing...
So What?: Donald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers owner, was recorded by...
The Magic Bank Account: Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in...
Modern Day Lynch Mobs: Some years ago I was married to a black...
Equal Pay for Equal What?: While interviewing candidates for a UX designer position, I...
Look West Before Crossing: A little more than 100 years ago, my ancestors...
The Republican Godfather?: One by one, they snuck into Vegas to dance...
Unless we Change our Ways… The Future Looks Awesome.: A recent NASA study predicted that civilization would end...
The War on Women: Some ideas are so silly you have to be...
Honorable Idiots: The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on Russia in...
For The Children?: Pop Quiz: If a school’s students are passing math...
The Long Shadow of the Future: A thousand generations of parental caring stands behind a...
What the hell is going on in Ukraine?: What the hell is going on in Ukraine? It’s...
He Lost a Fortune, But Not His Resolve…: Erik Voorhees lost over half a million dollars last...
No Gay Jokes: Here are two jokes that can no longer be...
The Real History of Slavery: Mention the word ‘slavery’ and most people think of...
State of the DisUnion Address: In his State of the Union address, President Obama...
Myths to Break for 2014: Why won’t those dummies on the other side smarten...
Men in Pink: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has some interesting ideas about crime...
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Baboons at the Wheel: Looks like the New York Times Paul Krugman has...
The Practical Feminist: “What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,”...
Where’s Snowden?: Edward Snowden says he feels like a winner despite...
Christmas Without Scrooge?: Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” in the hope...
Do You Believe in Santa Claus?: Like many children, my parents told me that Santa...
Invest in Shower Curtains?: In the past decade or so I’ve noticed more...
Ducks in the Closet: Up until a few days ago, I had no...
Smart and Accomplished: Huma Abedin has done nothing wrong. As far as...
Watch Your Backside: It’s good to know that some American’s can still...
Cold Hard Facts: There were 1455 weather records set last week in...
Bibi and the Bomb: There was a bit of a hullabaloo over the...
5 Reasons I Stopped Taking the News Seriously: Back in the early 90s, I felt a need...
Wait Until Dark: It is almost six o’clock when the two Japanese...
Fairy Tales & Facts: Whenever a new and wonderful social program is enacted,...
Smart Women are a Dying Breed: All around the world, “smart” women are foregoing children...
The Light Bulb Lobby: Dear Congress, it has come to our attention that...
Confessions of a Too Big to Failer: I can only say: I’m sorry, America. As a...
Typhoon Tears: Typhoon Yolanda, may very well have been the strongest...
Paul Krugman is Nuts. Part 73.: We’ve lost track of all the nutty statements made...
Six Common Brain Mistakes: Think about it. Our brains are fabulous tools, the...
Social Security’s Sweet Lie: Every now and then, someone refers to Social Security...
The Great Extinction?: As humans live longer, more animal species are going...
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Making Sense: In the 1950’s America was, superficially at least, happy....
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1 out of 10 Americans are Not Fooled By This Video: There’s a video making the rounds on Facebook and...
5 Things “They” Don’t Want You to Know About…: It might seem like we’re living at a uniquely...
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November 29th, 2013
Thanksgiving Leftovers

Nov 29, 2013
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Reason Magazine revisits the Thanksgiving myth and reality in this humorous little video. How what started as the original hippie commune in 1620 was saved by ‘every man for himself.’