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Has the American Culture Hit Bottom?

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s difficult to see it getting any lower than the Brazilian Butt Lift This might not be news to many Americans, but being an oddball disconnected from the pop culture and trends du jour, it was news to me—and shocking and distressing news at that. I’m speaking of the Brazilian Butt […]

Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema And The ‘Secret Weapon’ She Uses On GOP Men

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Editors’ Note: While we were attempting to keep abreast of Arizona political developments, we could not avert our glance from this story related to our Senior Senator from Arizona. As the titular head of the supposed maverick center, perhaps only she could draw attention to the chasm between both sides. […]

I Just Got Back from a Trip

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes To Saturn. I was there for six years. Boy, have things changed. I am not talking about Joe Biden being President which is shocking enough. I am referring to the fact that the hottest issue in America is not even climate change. It is people changing gender, what gender you […]

A World Turned Upside Down

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes When Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the band played a tune called “The World Turned Upside Down”. We could use some of that music today. As I quietly celebrate a new national holiday called “Juneteenth”. I am grateful for the opportunity to have another chance to feel guilty about […]

“Cultural Appropriation”, WokeSpeak and Other Left-Wing Canards

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes In George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” the inhabitants of Oceania are encouraged by the Party to transition to Newspeak, a language designed to make modes of speaking, writing, and thought opposed to Party rule not merely difficult but outright impossible.  For example, passages from the Declaration of Independence could not […]

On the Road Again 2

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Nothing speaks of vacation more than having empty pockets, no keys, no cell phone, no TV, and no driving. After departing the barren landscapes of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, we arrived in the lush landscape of Norway. Scandinavia (of which Iceland and Faroe Islands are part) always fascinates as […]

Is There a Relationship between Tattoos and Violence?

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes History suggests that the opposite is true about not only tats but also piercings, ear saucers, nose rings, and general scruffiness.   Judging by news photos and videos, the psychopath who killed and wounded innocent people at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, resembled a large number […]

What Litter Says about America

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Especially telling is a water bottle that is marketed as eco-friendly. Like an archeological dig, the litter that my wife and I pick up on our daily five-mile walk says a lot about American society. The daily debris comes from all socioeconomic classes. Receipts found among some of the items […]

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut, Sometimes You Don’t

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The headline is taken from an old television ad and accompanying jingle to help distinguish between two candy bars: Almond Joy and Mounds. We would interpret this to mean that sometimes one feels like a candy bar with a large nut, chocolate, and coconut,  and sometimes you just want the coconut and […]