The Young Dayton Flyers

You have to give the young Flyers team and coach a lot of credit.  They came to the tournament in Florida with a 1-3 record with three straight losses to teams with rankings of > 200.  Meanwhile, the other seven

Case Study in Leftist Economics

Most people that care about empirical data know how poorly Leftist economies have performed over the past 100 years.  As an illustration of ignoring reality, we have a recent “money quote” from the Democrat House Budget Chairman: “It’s not a

What Happened to the Dayton JCC?

My siblings and I attended the Dayton Jewish Community Center in Northwest Dayton from the 1960s to the 1990s.  We went to the spacious JCC complex for swimming, basketball, racquetball, tennis, and summer camp.   My sons also grew up spending

The American Decline

A great observation from Mark Steyn about US politicians becoming complacent with the decline of America’s standing in the world: “I mean, this is the country everybody wants to come to”: Yeah, because it has no border, so it’s easy.

Cincy Tennis Open 2021

We attended the Western & Southern Open at the tennis center in Mason, Ohio.   There were many extra matches today due to the rainouts from yesterday.  We watched portions of 4 matches: Dimitrov vs Bublik; Murray vs Hurkacz; Medvedev vs

Big Tech Embarrasses Itself

The Taliban terrorists are approved Twitter users, while the former US President is permanently suspended…  The self-destruction continues: Twitter’s standards were called into question on Sunday after users pointed out that a key Taliban spokesman has been using the platform

American Wokeness Fatigue

Another great commentary from Victor Davis Hanson where he summarizes the obvious lies and charades promoted by the supporters of “wokeness”: The woke madness coincides with an epidemic of crises that go largely ignored as a distracted America cannibalizes itself.

No More Indians in Cleveland?

So how do you feel about this?  The Cleveland baseball team had the nickname “Indians” for over 100 years; and there is a reason now to eliminate the name?   Is it now the Guardians for Guardian Insurance?  Did Guardian pay

Islam and Western Culture

An very useful expose’ on Islamic motivations, from Raymond Ibrahim: The problem is that modern historians tend to sideline this religious aspect, and focus instead on national identities.  For example, we know that for centuries, a great array of “Eastern”