An anomaly is something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.  For example Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, the rapid appearance of aging in childhood, is an example of a medical anomaly.  So just for fun I thought I take a look at a few...

Seventy five years ago this Thursday the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima; three days later Nagasaki was similarly bombed and the morality and necessity of using these weapons has been debated ever since. For some, nothing...

If someone wants to rail against, belittle or castigate a politician (which is usually the president these days) that’s his or her First Amendment right.  A burst of rage in the form of a few stinging sentences; a couple of passionate paragraphs or a little sarcasm is...

In case you’re wondering, when Joe Biden appeared on the Joy Reid Show last week, TV’s latest talk show host asked Mr. Biden what he would do differently regarding the Corona virus.  The former VP went on to list six items that he would do differently, to wit:. He...

According to USA Today, the NFL will play the black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before each Week 1 game. It kind of makes one wonder if Roger Godell and the NFL owners have ever heard of E Pluribus Unum. To eliminate the kneeling controversy or having...

When referring to the Black Lives Matter movement in a recent Federalist article, David Marcus wrote,”It’s difficult to understand why anyone would have any reason to disagree with something that’s so obviously right and true.”  Marcus followed that opinion suggesting...

Little of what I say here is original, besides if you're on my email blaster list you may have read some of this before.   So with attribution to the various emails, texts and blogs I receive from a variety of sources here’s one perspective of a changing culture in...

A recent study at the University of Southern California found that the coronavirus had created significant shifts in people’s behavior. Among the top findings: 85 percent of people reported washing their hands or using sanitizer more often than before, 61 percent...

In yesterday's blog I wrote about how an enfeebled president's decisions resulted in hundreds of millions of Eastern Europeans living under the yoke of communism for nearly 50 years.  The message was clear: when you are the leader of the free world, your decisions...

Writer/philosopher George Santayana once posited, “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.”   The phrasing itself is catchy; but more importantly, it’s true; and if history is driven by human nature, which it is, then this saying ought to guide our...