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More on the Climate Charade

The NY Times warns that “across the globe climate change is happening faster than scientists predicted,” but the UN tells us the earth is warming at one half the rate previously thought.  Time Magazine tells us, “Be worried, be very worried,”, while the granddaddy of...

Thank you John McCain

The two issues I find most disturbing about the politics of this country are the state of our southern border and climate change.  So today and tomorrow I’m going to address each. Beginning with the border, I simply do not understand why a government, any government...

A Study in Contrasts

Well, it's the day after Christmas and I hope everyone had an enjoyable day with family or friends - We had Xmas dinner with friends, played some games and had a delightful day. But Bobbi and I like to spend Christmas Eve alone, just us, and to tell the truth, we...

It’s not that complicated

There was a time when I would defer to the dictionary to settle linguistic arguments; but no longer. The Cambridge Dictionary, like it’s cousin, Merriam-Websters, recently altered the definitions of the words man and woman to include people who identify as a gender...

This Makes No Sense

In the latest of its irresponsible and misleading statements, Melissa Fleming, the United Nation’s Under-Secretary-General for global communications recently announced that they (the U.N.) have partnered with several big tech companies to combat disinformation on...

Marco Polo

Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant, and adventurer traveled from Europe to Asia between 1271–95, remaining in China for 17 of those years, and whose Il Milione (“The Million”) known in English as the Travels of Marco Polo (considered a classic in travel literature)...

Legerdemain & the Left

Professional magicians have long known that distracting an audience is the key to creating the illusion of magic.  But magicians aren’t the only ones where legerdemain is critical to fooling people—left wing politicians are also masters of distraction. A magician must...

Truly Frightening

Many Americans like me fear we are losing the country we grew up in and had hoped or perhaps even assumed that we would pass on to our children, who would in turn pass it on to their children and grandchildren.  And there is no better illustration of just how we’re...