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April 19, 2023
The Power of a Proficient & Evocative Book Review
Nothing is more meaningful for authors than receiving good reviews. Positive reviews provide validation of sorts for their work, and negative reviews can provide valuable evaluation, especially if it is constructive. Amazon is overflowing with book reviews—but not all of them are thoughtful, and few actually examine a book with ...
April 16, 2023
The Demise of Free Expression and Academic Freedom on College Campuses
Universities are supposed to be places where you are exposed to a broad array of ideas, philosophies, and opinions. They should be institutions that allow students and faculty alike to engage with distinguished thinkers, scholars, researchers, scientists, innovators, business trailblazers, and even political leaders of all stripes. That’s what they ...
April 14, 2023
The Sudden Dominance of the Diversity-Industrial Complex
If you are fed up with hearing the annoying phrase “diversity, equity, and inclusion” burbling from the maws of the woke mob, including woke corporations, woke politicians, and woke educators, you are not alone. Today, I am reposting a report on the zealots who are currently assaulting the nation with ...
April 12, 2023
An Uncommon Love of Words & Writing
This is a re-post of a blog post I did a while back. It is one of those timeless pieces about a one-of-a-kind journalism professor and his love of words and writing. Take a look. I bet you will find it fascinating and helpful. In any case, I hope you ...
April 10, 2023
A Kennedy vs. Biden in 2024?
Last week we learned that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run as a Democrat for president in 2024 Talk about a blast from the past! I don’t know a lot about Robert Kennedy Jr. beyond the fact that he is the son of ...
April 6, 2023
Communists Seize Control of Chicago
It shouldn’t surprise anybody that a communist who wants to defund the police and introduce a bundle of new taxes aimed at the city’s dwindling business community just won the mayoral run-off election in Chicago. After all, Chicago is the city where the Communist Party of America was founded in ...
April 2, 2023
Welcome to the United States: The World’s Newest & Biggest Banana Republic
During my career as a foreign correspondent with the Chicago Tribune, I spent a lot of time working in third-world dictatorships and corrupt banana republics. I reported on rampant corruption by everyone from presidents and prime ministers on down to beat cops and military grunts. I witnessed elections being stolen ...
March 31, 2023
If You Give the U.S. a Cookie: Is it surprising we have become so self-centered?
Today, I am sharing my blog with Erin Geary, a fellow Substack columnist, who has penned an insightful look at the United States, and why we have become so self-centered and unpatriotic. If You Give the U.S. a Cookie: Is it surprising we have become so self-centered? By Erin Geary If ...
March 30, 2023
Follow the science: There are only two (count ‘em) two sexes! Part Two
Okay folks, here is the transcript from yesterday’s video entitled: Why Sex Is Binary. If you missed yesterday’s post, I recommend you go back and read it. Hey! It’s free. Why Sex Is Binary Transcript A binary is a system composed of two parts–a duality, a pair. In developmental biology, sex ...
March 29, 2023
Follow the science: There are only two (count ‘em) two sexes! Part One
For the past couple of years, we have been inundated with the preposterous idea that there are more than two genders or sexes. Short of that, we have been told there is no difference between a man and a woman and that despite millennia of proven biology, men can be ...
