Who’s Dispensing ‘Fake News’?

Update Here is a decent 5-minute summary video from Prager University:   May 24, 2017 Here is an interesting update from recent polling: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the mainstream press is full of fake news, a sentiment that is

Trump and the Middle East

I have a cousin who loves Nikki Haley for the pragmatic positions that she takes on the UN and the Middle East.  I explain to him that Nikki was not appointed by Obama or the Democrats… A great commentary from

The Challenge for the Jews

Update Another update on American Jewry and the hopes for a secure Jewish future: American Jews vote overwhelmingly for the increasingly anti-Israel Democratic Party. And while making up a mere 2% of the US population, American Jews contributed 50% of

Disruptor in Chief

This is why Trump was elected to office… somebody who was going to work to make things different in Washington DC: This president won the White House because he was a disruptor. Perhaps more importantly, Americans supporting the president expect

Happy Anniversary

I’ve been in love with my wife, Michele, for 50 years (when we first met in Kindergarden — see first photo below)… we’ve been married now for 33 happy years.  

Why is Europe So Progressive?

I can’t verify this claim, but if it’s true it certainly explains a lot: What do Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Paolo Gentiloni, Great Britain’s Theresa May, Holland’s Mark Rutte, Sweden’s Stefan Löfven, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon, and the European Commission’s Jean-Claude Juncker all have

Modern Journalism has No Scruples

Another useful commentary from Victor Davis Hanson where he talks about the Crude News Network (previously known as the Communist News Network): The present generation of journalists and reporters tends to believe that just conveying the news no longer offers

Understanding How the Human Brain Works

This famous Rembrandt painting of a 17th century anatomy lesson (see below) represents to me the equivalent of what science currently knows about the functioning of the human brain.  The painting depicts a bunch of guys looking at the vivisection saying