Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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In a scene out of a Kurt Vonnegut short story with a vulgar title, Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and soon Elon Musk head to space for a few minutes, prompting endless memes, fact checks, controversy, criticism, and praise, but what does it really mean in the grand scheme of things? There are few things… Continue reading The Billionaire Space Race: If a really rich dude goes to space, can the rest of us hear them scream?
Everyone dreams, every night, entering a strange, semi-conscious state where we experience a world created by our own minds, but our judgement, language, and senses are impaired. No one knows where dreams come from or why. That doesn’t mean they can’t tell us a lot about the inner workings of the mind and consciousness itself.… Continue reading Decoding consciousness: What can dreams tell us about how our minds work while awake?
Mr. Lysenko’s tragic story is the ultimate history lesson and cautionary tale about the dangers of state-sanctioned science and the need for open debate. America today is not Soviet Russia 75 years ago, but this doesn’t mean there aren’t disturbing parallels as the US government teams up with social media and telecommunications providers to censor… Continue reading Meet Trofim Lysenko, a Soviet biologist who crushed dissent, jailed scientists, and starved 30 million people
CNN suddenly discovers that being President is hard and likely to get harder. Who knew? Unfortunately for Americans, President Biden is suffering from an array of largely self-inflicted wounds, from the border to international relations. The solution is simple: Govern how he promised on the campaign and stop pretending to be some radical progressive.… Continue reading Poor, poor, pitiful Biden?
It’s rare when a single work of art, much less a single song running less than five minutes, encapsulates the full genius of an artist in one fell swoop. “Thunder Road” is precisely such a work; everything that makes Bruce Springsteen truly great is present and all you need to do is listen. There is… Continue reading Springsteen’s Thunder Road: Still brilliant and seminal whether or not Mary’s dress “sways” or “waves”
Cases are on the rise again, likely thanks to some combination of the Delta variant and low vaccination rates in some areas. Some experts are claiming it’s time to mask up and hit the “reset” button even after President Biden has taken a victory lap. “Mask solidarity” is apparently a thing. Now is not the… Continue reading A coronavirus wave is building, but we must reject another round of lockdown hysteria
No presidency is without problems and President Joe Biden is no exception. The difference in tone and tenor from a year ago, however, is striking. The cottage outrage industry has been replaced by a passive press expressing precious little concern about the disturbing news of the day. Honest people need to ask themselves what’s changed. … Continue reading The Trump Test: Fair minded liberals really need to consider what their reaction would be if Trump did it
“Nothing’s free at the Meadowlands Fair, not even the bathroom, and it wasn’t surprising when an older black gentleman with a bright smile and baldhead, shiny from teeth to toe in the uniform of a high-class hotel doorman, greeted me on the way in, hand out in money-loving supplication.” The Curse of La Cosa Nostra,… Continue reading BOOK EXCERPT: A few more pages from “The Curse of La Cosa Nostra, or How I Became a Teenage Mobster Vampire from Nutley, NJ”
The first large scale protests in Cuba in years reveal the progressive left’s odd fascination with a murderous regime complete with BLM praising Castro for protecting a convicted cop killer and, of course, blaming former President Trump. Fortunately, the Biden Administration itself hasn’t fallen prey to this phenomenon, at least not yet. Cuba is a… Continue reading Black Lives Matter gets it astoundingly, intentionally wrong on Cuba, Biden administration a bit better
Somehow, the President managed to insult the memory of every American that died in the Civil War and Civil Rights movement, paint his political opposition as the equivalent of Confederates and the Ku Klux Klan, and use one of the most grossly ridiculous analogies in the history of modern politics, all in service of a… Continue reading President Joe Biden: Anyone who compares voter identification to the Civil War might be a demagogue unfit for office
