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Can a $tax $payer, voter, or politician legitimately claim to be political conservative if unable to name a political principle s/he wishes to conserve? Ideological purity, simplicity appeals to purists. Conservative absolutists might literally have us living in caves repelling nocturnal...

For millennia humans have understood a fundamental distinction of "right" and "wrong". They named intrinsic evil such as murder "malum in se": evil; wrong by itself. That which was "wrong" by arbitrary declaration they named "malum prohibitum": wrong by prohibition. Some may consider curfew a...

When Supreme Court attrition created a vacancy during the Obama [D] administration the president chose Merrick Garland. BUT ! Though the Constitution designates the senate's advise & consent role in such presidential appointments, Majority Leader McConnell [R-KY] simply refused to fulfill his...

In Northern government schools it's called "The Civil War". Some in the South call it "The War of Northern Aggression". Sometimes called "the war between the States". The arguments of justification North & South will not be resolved here. This topic is not about picking a side. Instead, it's...

12,000 years ago food insecurity was a way of life. Without much "shelf-life" food, how the next meal was to be obtained was a near constant preoccupation. Technology has transformed the issue from where can I find the next rabbit to kill, to a choice between TexMex, or Chinese. Not...

The Republican Party has leadership control of the house, the senate, and the exec. BUT ! This leadership is not absolute. To avoid a U.S. federal shut-down the Republican controlled senate would need a few Democrat votes. As the shutdown avoidance deadline loomed President Trump [R-NY/FL]...

Summer is over. BUT ! Autumn is here. Hoorah ? Colorful Autumn foliage, lower humidity? A brief reminder of celestial mechanics: The Equinox (Vernal & Autumnal) There are only two times of the year when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a "nearly"...

Some reports indicate: POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September, on September 19 this year [2025], to recommit to full accountability to the families of the more than 80,000 veterans captured or still missing from wars that the United States has participated in...

Officials issue warning amid concerning spread of toxic 'hammerhead worm': 'Don't squish or cut them' Simon Sage / Thu, September 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT The hammerhead worm is originally from Asia, but has been seen in America since the early 1900s. What's being done about hammerhead worms...

π: A New Formula for Pi Is Here. And It’s Pushing Scientific Boundaries. This breakthrough method optimizes complex computations like never before. By Caroline DelbertPublished: Sep 09, 2025 12:31 PM EDT Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While building a simpler model for...

In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms By Heather Schlitz, Cassandra Garrison and Elida Moreno / August 15, 20255:00 AM GMT-5 LIVE OAK COUNTY, TEXAS; TAPACHULA, MEXICO; PANAMA CITY - Ranchers in central Mexico are discovering the dreaded fly’s maggots burrowed in...

"A broken clock is right twice a day." This aphorism originates in the previous millennium, before the proliferation of the electronic digital clock. In some cases then as now this somewhat anachronistic perspective may still be true. "Penny wise, Pound foolish." An allusion to the British...

Two separate issues: a) Does extraterrestrial life equal to or more advanced than on Earth, exist elsewhere in the cosmos? b) If so, where are they? Why isn't one of their flying saucers illegally parked in your back yard right now? Have you ever seen a U.F.O.? Ever encountered an E.T.? If...

Cap', I've got no dog in the "Gold standard" fight. Seems to me [my own ignorant opinion] backing $fiat money with bullion would be the best bulwark against runaway $inflation. In the 1950's U.S. paper currency was explicitly backed by Silver (like British £Pounds Sterling), U.S. greenbacks...

FOX News tends to present Trump favorably. But does this presidential coverage rise to the level of authentic journalism? Or is FOX merely shilling for the president? Rashomon ... pioneered the Rashomon effect, a plot device that involves various characters providing subjective, alternative...

mi·cro·plas·tic (mīkrō-plăs′tĭk) n. A tiny plastic piece, fragment, or fiber, especially one that measures less than 5 millimeters in length or diameter. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved...

Netanyahu is playing Trump with his ridiculous Nobel peace prize nomination Mohamad Bazzi Thu 10 Jul 2025 12.00 EDT There’s a cynical logic behind Netanyahu’s publicity stunt: he is exploiting Trump’s need for flattery to prolong Israel’s brutal war on Gaza “Benjamin Netanyahu nominates Donald...

Human society has advanced to the stage where a substantially illiterate population would handicap, restrain the national economy, the GDP. The U.S. remedy for this is "public" education, a euphemism for "government" schooling. Education is compulsory, truancy not permitted. BUT !! We allow...

May 22, 2025, 10:46 AM GMT-5 The U.S. will soon mint its last penny The Treasury Department said it made its last order of blank pennies. It currently costs 3.7 cents to make the 1-cent coin. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/treasury-dept-winding-penny-production-rcna208522 Inflation...

VP JD Vance is runaway Republican candidate, polling reveals Rob Crilly / Fri, May 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM EDT Donald Trump may appear to be running an Apprentice-style contest to select his successor but a new poll reveals that there is only one name in the frame for voters. JD Vance, the...