My thoughts, insights and opinions on various things
The author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ on his tough upbringing, his new life as one of the ‘elites’ and what communities can do to help By ALEXANDRA WOLFE – July 29, 2016 1:39 p.m. ET – Wall Street Journal My cmnt: … Continue reading J.D. Vance and the Anger of the White Working Class
‘Slow Getting Up,’ Nate Jackson’s N.F.L. Memoir By DWIGHT GARNER – Published: September 12, 2013 – New York Times Unlike most modern sports memoirs – bland accounts by megastars more concerned with building car-dealership empires than compelling narratives – Jackson’s book spares no … Continue reading A Modern Warrior (and a Meat Sack)
St. Augustine, a prominent Church Father, is known for his profound theological insights and philosophical reflections. Some of his most memorable quotes include: “Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what … Continue reading We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
By: Joy Pullmann – March 28, 2025 – The Federalist 12 min read Is it really good or preferable for women to contribute taxes rather than the entire next generation? Joy Pullmann Just about every week announces new datapoints showing the … Continue reading 3 Ways Women Can Make Themselves More Marriageable
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By Andy Swift – March 31, 2025 7:00 pm – TV line YANI (above) sings “Waiting all day for Sunday Night” by Carrie Underwood “Can’t we just keep them all?” Carrie Underwood asked during Monday’s American Idol, which marked her … Continue reading American Idol Eliminates Half of Season 23 in Hollywood Week — Did Your Favorites Survive the Arena?
‘I like working,’ Trump says By Emma Colton Fox News – Published March 30, 2025 – Fox President Donald Trump teased he might run for a third term, explaining to NBC News that he enjoys working and is “not joking” … Continue reading Trump teases running for a third term: ‘Not joking’
The founder of PragerU is on a quest to get more people — especially young people — to embrace Judeo-Christian values By Jacob Hess – Published: Dec 1, 2022, 9:00 p.m. MST – Deseret News Jacob Hess is a staff … Continue reading One conservative unafraid to raise his voice — a conversation with Dennis Prager
He went viral at age 12 for a video critical of Barack Obama. Now 21, Pearson is an up-and-coming personality for PragerU By Jennifer Graham – Published: Dec 31, 2023, 9:00 p.m. MST – Deseret News Jennifer is the Ideas … Continue reading CJ Pearson is back and wants to be a ‘megaphone for conservative values’
Disney’s ‘Snow White’ remake had estimated budget of $250 million By Cortney O’Brien Fox News – Published March 24, 2025 12:26pm EDT – Fox The bad press surrounding “Snow White” didn’t improve this weekend as the live-action offering of the Disney classic opened with a … Continue reading ‘Snow White’ has brutal box office opening weekend, fails to meet expectations despite huge budget
Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot star in an awkward live-action attempt to modernize the 1937 animated classic. By Kyle Smith – March 19, 2025 at 4:47 pm ET – Wall Street Journal Andrew Burnap and Rachel Zegler PHOTO: DISNEY Even in Hollywood, pre-eminent in … Continue reading ‘Snow White’ Review: A Disney Princess’s Pointless Return
March 20, 20255:00 AM ET – Bob Mondello – March 20, 20255:00 AM ET – NPR Oh, how we miss the original Seven Dwarfs! Disney’s new release is Dopey, makes you Sleepy, leaves you Grumpy and never Happy, needs a … Continue reading ‘Snow White’ is a ship wreck before it’s even sailed
Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann December 7, 2022, 6:37 AM – Evolution News Editor’s note: We are delighted to present this excerpt from Your Designed Body, the new book by engineer Steve Laufmann and physician Howard Glicksman. To hear, your body … Continue reading Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts
By Women’s World Chess Champion Susan Polgar – for chessdailynews.com – June 2017 This is probably one of the top 5 questions I have most often been asked over the past 15 years, since creating the Susan Polgar Foundation in … Continue reading “Why is there a need for Girl’s or Women’s Chess Tournaments?”
Conor Murray – Forbes Staff – Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Forbes – Mar. 8, 2025 Topline Memes of Vice President JD Vance’s face edited into recognizable memes and grotesque caricatures have flooded social media in … Continue reading JD Vance Posts Meme Of Himself—As Largely Unflattering Vance Memes Flood Social Media
The online right is trolling one of its own.By Ali Breland March 8, 2025 – The Atlantic J. D. Vance doesn’t look like himself. In recent days, memes have spread across social media in which the vice president’s face has … Continue reading Wait, Who Is Posting Those Unflattering J. D. Vance Memes?
By Paul Davies on Mon, 23 Dec 2013 – pbs.org Nova What if the laws of physics as we know them are just accidents, the products of cosmic happenstance? Science proceeds from the assumption that the universe is ordered in … Continue reading Frozen Accidents: Can the Laws of Physics be Explained?
The absolutely fascinating story of how Rick Astley rose to fame Continue reading Where did “RickRoll’d” come from…
John Nolte 24 Feb 2025 – Breitbart My cmnt: All the lying, traitorous Lefties who have been fired from their platforms of disinformation… Far-left weekend MSNBC anchors Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all had their shows canceled, per … Continue reading Nolte – Golden Age: MSNBC Cancels Three More Shows No One Watched
Bryce Watts Hansen, wife of former NFL free agent Chad Hansen, broke down the realities of her families’ finances during her husband’s time in the league By Skyler Caruso Published on January 10, 2025 02:40PM EST – People magazine The NFL … Continue reading NFL WAG Breaks Down Harsh Realities of Family’s Finances as She Addresses Biggest Misconceptions: ‘We’re Not Millionaires’
His theories of conversion and competition shaped widely held views of church growth and decline. Courtesy of Rodney Stark / edits by Rick Szuecs Daniel Silliman – Christianity Today – August 30, 2022 Rodney Stark, the influential and controversial sociologist … Continue reading Died: Rodney Stark, Sociologist Who Said Religion Is a Rational Choice
The Wild Economics Behind Ferrari’s Domination of the Luxury Car Market Limiting production is helping to make its sportscars coveted — and the company the most valuable auto maker in Europe Ferrari parked its LaFerrari model in front of the … Continue reading You think that just any old rich man can buy this car? Think again.
Eric Arthur had sold his condom manufacturing business and was living large aboard a 48-foot catamaran when his fortunes sank By Kejal Vyas and Patricia Garip – Feb. 14, 2025 9:00 pm ET – Wall Street Journal Talk about living … Continue reading An American Retiree Was Lost Off the Coast of Venezuela. Then Things Went Really Bad.
The publicity-shy Mr. Portis earned a modest but devoted readership and accolades as America’s “least-known great writer.” By Roy Reed – Published Feb. 17, 2020Updated Feb. 19, 2020 – The New York Times Charles Portis, the publicity-shy author of “True Grit” and a … Continue reading Charles Portis, Elusive Author of ‘True Grit,’ Dies at 86
This one is from 1990. If Larson tried to do this cartoon with the hyper-sensitive LGBTQwerty ethos of today (or least a few days ago in the O’Biden regime era) he would have been cancelled by the dinosaur media and … Continue reading Gary Larson and his brilliant The Far Side often ahead of its Time
Since Clark was born 22 years ago, participation in girls high school basketball has dropped nearly 20% and the sport has fallen from most popular to number four behind volleyball, soccer and track and field. Caitlin Clark #22 of the … Continue reading Caitlin Clark effect hasn’t reversed the decades-long decline in girls basketball participation
Cartoon caption above: “Ok, here it is, Ned. I’m sick of your face. By PAUL DAVIES – Published: November 24, 2007 Tempe, Ariz. SCIENCE, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it … Continue reading Taking Science on Faith
Blondie, T.Swizzle and more fan-favorite names for our leading lady Kelsey Pelzer – Dec 6, 2024 – Parade 15+ Fan-Favorite Nicknames for Taylor Swift Blondie Taylor’s hair could also be said to fall “into place like dominoes,” but one thing’s … Continue reading We Might Be Called Swifties, but What Are the 15+ Nicknames for Taylor Swift Herself?
MVP Josh Allen has powerful new message for Bills, fiancée Hailee Steinfeld The Buffalo quarterback posts some heartfelt words after letting the moment of his big night fully hit him. Matt Ryan | 3 Hours Ago Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld … Continue reading Josh Allen acceptance speech for NFL MVP award
Technology is merely a symptom. The problem is the romantic corruption of imagination, and the solution lies in classic books and art. By Emily Finley Feb. 7, 2025 5:56 pm ET – Wall Street Journal Photo: Getty Images In “The … Continue reading The Real Reason Young People Are Anxious
The Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line is historically large—and they’re out to flatten the Kansas City Chiefs Illustration: Nathan Hackett By Joshua Robinson, Andrew Beaton and Rosie Ettenheim – Feb. 4, 2025 5:30 am ET – Wall Street Journal NEW ORLEANS—For … Continue reading The Super Bowl Has Never Seen Anything Like These Five Gigantic Humans
The Oscar nominations are in and I don’t care By Andrew Klavan – Jan 31, 2025 DailyWire.com Well, the Oscar nominations are in and I don’t care either. But it is interesting to note that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Continue reading Hollywood’s Message: ‘Screw You, Moviegoers — Now Go Watch Our Movies’
Voters have concluded that the private jet-flying alarmists don’t really believe their own claims. By Barton Swaim – Jan. 27, 2025 at 1:47 pm ET – Wall Street Journal ILLUSTRATION: DAVID GOTHARD My cmnt: The wife and I left the Regurgitated Mormon Church … Continue reading Why Climate-Change Ideology Is Dying
Elias photo by Spc. Luciano Alcala, Department of Defense Justin Diep – Jan 27, 2025 – Lincoln Journal Star My cmnt: This woman and her siblings and parents live next door to us. Their people are Yazidis, a persecuted minority, … Continue reading ‘I’m so grateful’: Lincoln resident who fled Iraq plays role at Trump inauguration
Yael Eckstein | Jan 28, 2025 – Townhall On January 27, the world pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day, established by the United Nations (U.N.), marks the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945—a moment that should have closed the … Continue reading Liberating Auschwitz Again
Now who’s on the wrong side of history? by Charles R. Kesler – Fall 2024 – Claremont Review of Books Excerpt: CNN reported that of the almost 3,250 counties or their equivalents in America, at least 2,650 shifted more Republican … Continue reading America’s Red Shift
By Savannah Walsh and Hannah Malach – Published: Dec 21, 2024 11:39 AM EST – Elle The Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts reunion special brought the big three—Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint—back together. And while they’ve all found their own loves over … Continue reading All About Erin Darke, Daniel Radcliffe’s Longtime Girlfriend and Mother of His Child
Nineteenth-century illustration for Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’Lebrecht Authors / Getty Images By Herman Melville – October 18, 2016 1:39 PM EDT – Time magazine It was Oct. 18, 1851, when Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick; or, The Whale was first published. Though it … Continue reading Moby-Dick Was Published 165 Years Ago. Dive in Right Here
Our annual tribute to the community members we’ve lost in the past year Updated Jan 16, 2025 – Climbing.com My cmnt: Free Soloing is a high risk sport. Those who continue to free solo long enough will eventually fall to … Continue reading Climbers We Lost in 2024
As the Chiefs go for a Super Bowl three-peat, an entire generation of star quarterbacks hasn’t had a sniff of the Lombardi Trophy because of his sustained dominance By Andrew Beaton – Jan. 16, 2025 – The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading The Curse of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs
It’s been over 50 years since the NFL and AFL rival football leagues decided to merge and establish the Super Bowl, the annual league championship that has been claimed by 20 different teams since 1967. Yet there are still a dozen franchises in … Continue reading Which NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl?
STORY Diem Nguyen Le – Nov 30 , 2021 – South China Magazine My cmnt: This article is over 3 yrs old, which in the Pop culture world is nearly a lifetime. I doubt that Hay Hay is any longer … Continue reading 7 things to know about Hailee Steinfeld, star of Marvel’s Hawkeye, Taylor Swift’s BFF, Miu Miu model and Oscar nominee for True Grit at age 14
By A Follower of the Christ – December 2024 I wrote this essay after reading one of your articles, “Who were Mary and Joseph’s Other Children”, which examines the direct Biblical evidence that Joseph and Mary produced several sons and … Continue reading Hidden in plain sight: A sign to be spoken against
John Nolte’s debut novel about love, immortality and faith is a winner Sasha Stone – Oct 20, 2023 – Sasha Stone My cmnt: I bought and read this book. It was certainly an entertaining read that hooks you right from … Continue reading Book Review: Borrowed Time, An American Masterpiece
By Jenna Lemoncelli – Published Dec. 27, 2024, 9:25 p.m. ET – New York Post One man from Nebraska kept the party going after purchasing Michael Jordan’s Chicago-area mansion earlier this month. John Cooper, of Lincoln, purchased Jordan’s 56,000-square-foot mansion in … Continue reading Man from Lincoln, Ne. snagged Michael Jordan’s mansion for $9.5 million
Patricia Burda Janečková|Photo: National Theatre of Moravia and Silesia Soprano Patricia Burda Janečková was one of the bright lights of the opera world. Her young life and promising career were tragically cut short by cancer to which she succumbed at … Continue reading Rising opera star Patricia Burda Janečková succumbs to cancer at 25
My cmnt: Here’s another interesting post on Moon Unit growing up with her parents. ===================================================== The legacy of Frank Zappa’s children and grandchildren My cmnt: I took this from petpuppy on Reddit which cited no sources so take it for … Continue reading Zappa family drama: A look at where Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva are today
The two have been dating since May 2023 By Ryan Morik Fox News – Published November 29, 2024 – Fox My cmnt: This seems to me to be Traylor 2.0. Both Josh and Hailee have seen how much fun and … Continue reading Bills quarterback Josh Allen engaged to Hailee Steinfeld
Alyssa Johnson Dec 14, 2024 – Lincoln Journal Star University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore geography major Maxwell Anderson, also known as Jersey Guy, has gone viral for wearing a different jersey to his class every day, Anderson has around 100 different … Continue reading ‘I was stunned’: Nebraska Jersey Guy’s viral fame nets him big gift from Fanatics
Lord Buckbeak: "Will you come into my parlor?," said the Spider to the Fly. 