The Iranian Gamble

Military conflict is never without risk, but if the media was championing our ability to prevent Iran from striking last year, why are they not doing so now and why are mainstream outlets seemingly silent on the role other Arab nations are playing and how it seems the overall tide in the region is rapidly… Continue reading The Iranian Gamble

A new week means a new leader of The Resistance, but resistance remains futile

Beyond relying on entirely recycled rhetoric, all that’s missing from Governor Gavin Newsom and the musical chairs contenders to the throne is an actual means to stop President Trump from doing anything.  For all the bold talk, every single one of these individuals is entirely powerless. After immigration enforcement protests in Los Angeles rapidly descended… Continue reading A new week means a new leader of The Resistance, but resistance remains futile

Artificial Intelligence, the nature of creativity, and the difference between humans and machines

In a world where computers are creating content, from text to images, video, even writing songs, can they rightly be considered artists, or is there still something that makes humans unique? Today’s Artificial Intelligence software can create new things, generating content that has never been produced before, from the written word to pictures, videos, even… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence, the nature of creativity, and the difference between humans and machines

Springsteen’s Western Stars and the most underrated album ever made

While Western Stars was released to significant critical acclaim in 2019, it marked a stylistic departure for the Boss and certainly isn’t a rock album by any means.  If you are looking for screaming guitars, the usual glockenspiel, and pounding drums, you will not find them here. You will, however, find a compilation of sorts… Continue reading Springsteen’s Western Stars and the most underrated album ever made

Why do humans have to grow up rather than emerge from a cocoon like butterflies?

As a child, did you ever think to yourself that you’ll never stop playing with toys or you’ll never like a member of the opposite sex whatever the adults say?  If so, do you remember when and why you changed your mind?  The question is oddly impossible to answer.  Childhood is a wonderfully weird thing,… Continue reading Why do humans have to grow up rather than emerge from a cocoon like butterflies?

Tacos, the onset of the silly season, and the repellant stench of desperation emanating from the entire progressive movement

They call it the silly season for a reason, but I don’t think anyone was prepared for a prolonged debate about tacos and somehow this was to cause some type of fatal wound to President Trump’s unabashedly masculine image. While the American people have been subject to an explosion of outrage almost every week since… Continue reading Tacos, the onset of the silly season, and the repellant stench of desperation emanating from the entire progressive movement

Speaking to American Men: If Vice President Al Gore’s attempt to portray himself as an Alpha male in 2000 is any indication, history repeats itself, though sometimes it’s always a farce

As Democrats pour $20 million into an effort to “study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in the spaces” male voters frequent, remember that 25 years ago, a Presidential candidate attempted to rebrand himself in a similar way to laughable results. Way back in 1999, Presidential candidate and sitting Vice President… Continue reading Speaking to American Men: If Vice President Al Gore’s attempt to portray himself as an Alpha male in 2000 is any indication, history repeats itself, though sometimes it’s always a farce

Congress, the Courts, and the if you choose not to decide principle

Contrary to the Court’s seeming belief, the legislature isn’t a powerless body getting beaten bloody by the Executive and in need of a life-saving intervention.   If Congress objected to the President’s use of the tariff power, they don’t need to rely on the Courts to enforce their will.  They could simply curtail it, revoke… Continue reading Congress, the Courts, and the if you choose not to decide principle

Our brains might have more in common with an octopus than we’d like to believe, suggesting that famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ new paradigm is correct

Almost everyone knows that an octopus is much smarter than we would expect for a boneless creature that lives in the ocean, but next to no one expected they would achieve their intelligence using some of the same genes and chemical processes we do. Octopi and their cephalopod cousins have long been regarded as unusually… Continue reading Our brains might have more in common with an octopus than we’d like to believe, suggesting that famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ new paradigm is correct

Trump’s electoral triumph is even more astounding than previously thought, or so says the New York Times

For years, the media has assumed that demography is destiny, that a more diversified country would lead to an ascendant Democrat Party while reducing Republicans to an ineffectual rump.  President Trump has proven them completely, catastrophically wrong, doing what they would have said was impossible. After President Donald Trump’s stunning victory last year, I described… Continue reading Trump’s electoral triumph is even more astounding than previously thought, or so says the New York Times