Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
The fiasco of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — and the instant rush to judgment of the university administration — should warn us about the dangers of having serious legal issues dealt with by institutions with no qualifications for that role. Rape
Monday, December 8th, 2014
No one likes typhoons, with the possible exception of CNN. As yet another typhoon ravaged the Philippines, leaving a wake of destruction, there is not much to like. The human suffering caused by these mega-storms cannot help...
Sunday, December 7th, 2014
The day after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt stood before congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. He got it. Ex-President Herbert Hoover, said, “We have only one job to do now, and that...
Friday, December 5th, 2014
My father wasn’t a king, he was a taxi driver, but I am a prince – Prince Renato II, of the country Pontinha, an island fort on Funchal harbor. It’s in Madeira, Portugal, where I grew up....
Monday, December 1st, 2014
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill The more history I read, the more I’m convinced that the history I was taught in school was a lie. Well, not...
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Legend has it that coffee was discovered 1500 years ago by an observant shepherd who noticed that his goats didn’t sleep after eating coffee berries. Humans have been fascinated with caffeine ever since. Some of its effects...
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come. 1. The Post Office Get ready to imagine a world without the post office....
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Where Marta Ortega’s family used to raise pigs is now being overtaken by jungle. Instead of farming, her children have moved to New York or Panama City, and Marta now gets her food at the supermarket. In...
Friday, November 14th, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returned from China with a deal on Carbon Cuts intended to combat Climate Change. The ‘deal’ consists of three parts: 1. President Obama pledged to cut US carbon emissions by 26-28%...
Monday, November 10th, 2014
In this entertaining video, Larken Rose explains the amazing powers of a tiny dot over the masses – and the fraud of representative government. Why does the throng give a rodent’s backside what the tiny dot wants?
Monday, November 10th, 2014
These days, most people get their news from a comedian. That’s how pathetic the state of journalism is today. And why bother watching the “real” news. The facts frequently aren’t facts, the reporters don’t understand their subjects,...
Friday, November 7th, 2014
Most people consider ‘government’ to be an institution of social service. That’s why people elected to government are called civil ‘servants.’ Others regard it as an organization for achieving the highest goals of mankind, a system to...
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Forget about the Conservative, Liberal pigeonhole stereotypes. Opinions vary across issues, there are Liberals who are against abortion and there are Conservatives who are against war. The idea that there are two monolithic “sides” to choose from...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Saira Blair, an 18-year-old freshman at West Virginia University, became America’s youngest ever State lawmaker in Tuesday’s election. Although her campaign was run from her dorm room, that didn’t stop her from beating out her opponent, 44-year-old...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Republicans won large majorities in both the House and Senate in yesterday’s election. Six years of ‘Hope and Change’ has exhausted most people’s patience. Surveys show that the majority believes the country is headed in the wrong...