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In your palace warm, mighty king…
As those of us blessed with a warm home gather to celebrate, let us give thought to how we can aim for the essential ingredient for the prosperity that can provide a warm blanket for the shivering child in neighborhoods or conflict zones around the world.
Editorial: Vicious Fishes, memories, and gentrification
As folks move from populous expensive regions to our small affordable town, spurring development, we will have a fancier town. But comforting places like Vicious Fishes will be priced out and gone.
Paycheck to paycheck and waiting for SNAP
The furor over the recent interruption of SNAP food subsidies might be better placed on the unfortunate fact that 12% of US residents cannot afford groceries.
A new Middle East Peace Plan – Again?
The asymmetry between Israel and Palestine is a fatal flaw always present in Middle East peace plans attempted by Western officials. The current plan is no different.
Our kids’ brains, fried on social media
Frequent use of platforms is crucial for the generation of profits. Therefore, algorithms aim for what amounts to addiction. And social media addiction is associated with negative changes in brain structure, especially in young people.
Guns and North Carolina Senate Bill 50
The North Carolina legislature needs to deeply reflect on Senate Bill 50, calendered for September 22, 2025. Facilitating more guns in the hands of teens does not seem wise or necessary.
The news everybody knew: plastics make you sick
Medical journal The Lancet just published a straight-up report on plastics: they make you sick. Is your baby chewing on plastic teething rings? Is your tween’s room filled to the rafters with Barbies? Choose healthier.
Paycheck to paycheck America
Increasingly, since the 1970s Americans get stuck in survival mode, rather than thrive mode. More and more workers are living paycheck to paycheck. What happened?
Recommended article: US strikes on Iran are a test of hard power’s limits
Whether there is indeed a ceasefire between Iran and Israel or whether the US will remain in a rat hole of retaliations remains to be seen. But, as the recommended article explains, Iran will retain its irreversible knowledge gain in matters of nuclear enrichment, to be used or not as Iran sees fit.
We need to make our kids happy again
Today, our children and youth, coddled by parents and government, have shed the masters of the workhouses and acquired the masters of advertising and agendas.
Editorial: Liberty requires there be choices
Come October 2025, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10. Microsoft says those of us with older devices need to buy new ones. No we don’t! We can switch operating systems!
Pancho Barnes: She was the trailblazer few have heard of
In the 1920s and early 1930s, air travel was still in its infancy. But aviation trailblazers were barnstorming in popular airshows, setting and breaking flying records, and moving mankind closer to space travel. Pancho Barnes was one of these pioneers.
Recommended eye opener: Joe Rogan podcast #2281 with Elon Musk
This recommendation is for folks not familiar with The Joe Rogan Experience podcasts. And for those who would like to understand what DOGE is really doing and why.
Shakespeare for Valentine’s Day
If Valentine’s Day candlelight dinner or box of chocolates is not in your budget this year, print a copy of Shakespeare’s Sonnet #116 and read it to your sweetheart. Then have a Happy Valentine’s Day!
USAID – Humanitarianism vs. America First
The new normal: “Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions: Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?”
Did Greenland say it wanted Texas?
Nations have always felt comfortable taking over other nations. So, it should not be surprising that President-elect Donal Trump wants Greenland. Niccolo Machiavelli explained the situation way back in 1532.
With a name like DOGE it’s got to be good
Wasteful government spending is nobody’s secret. Neither are ways to curtail that spending. However, the debt ceiling is raised every year, the spending continues, and the national debt keeps rising. Maybe DOGE, named after a meme coin featuring Kabosu the dog is weird enough to succeed!
Christmas in a hot climate
I was born in the Southern Hemisphere, where it can get hot as blazes in December. So, snow-covered trees made no sense to my family. Ah, but wait ’till you hear about our DIY Nativity Scene. Merry Christmas everyone.
North Carolina proposed a Convention of States – Be wary
Article V Convention of States is a bulwark against federal government abuses. Only problem is it has never been used and nobody knows how it works.
San Francisco: Notes from an expatriate
San Francisco is a place of distinctive neighborhoods. One place they get together is Coalition of San Francisco Neighborhoods.
On day one, mind our house divided
Victorious conservatives see the recent decisive presidential election as a mandate for radical change. And progressives are predictably suiting up for battle. A house divided cannot stand.
Holy fatcats! Absolute Batman is coming!
Come October 9, 2024, there will be a new Batman in the Gotham neighborhood: Absolute Batman. He is, well, different, and thus worthy of perusal.
Grocery prices too high? You can fix that!
When inflation gets so high that voters complain, politicians can dance around the challenge by implementing price controls, breaking up big corporations, or trying other gimmicks that have never worked. Or they can refrain from pressuring the Federal Reserve, and allow them to bring inflation down by increasing interest rates and decreasing the money supply.
Did Facebook just figure censorship is wrong?
Recently Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that government officials pressured his company to censor certain Covid-19 content. We will see going forward whether his contrition is real.
The Trump/Musk conversation: Over the media’s head?
Our legacy media has not been kind regarding the recent Trump/Musk conversation. Did they miss that this was supposed to be freewheeling and extemporaneous? Did the whole thing go over the media’s head?
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