One rule has remained true for generations when it comes to the division between the sexes: Men are held accountable for everything; women accept accountability for nothing. There are going to be exceptions to the rule. Some people will say, “Not all women…,” but the majority of the time, it is true that modern Western…

Independence Day is just days away, and political language, especially that of the election year back and forth, is awash with patriotic memes. Many conservatives are appalled by the Left’s understanding of patriotism and how it relates to “the common good.” Robert Reich once wrote, “[the conservative’s] patriotism is not about coming together for the…

An observational study by so-called “nutritionists” from the Center for Public Health at the University of Vienna seems to have found that people from the UK who added salt to most of their meals were 41 percent more likely to develop stomach cancer than those who used extra salt sparingly. Observational studies have several problems, one…

The craving for chocolate is one of the most common and difficult to resist of all food cravings. Researchers noted in the journal Appetite that the chocolate craving is probably the most intense of all food cravings. The choco-urge is often jump-started by a need for a quick pick-me-up in mood or energy, or to…

One of the defining aspects of the Ukrainian strategy in the war against Russia is escalation, not so much in terms of damage to Russia, but in terms of how the West perceives their “struggle.” Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has made it his primary mission to convince Western allies that their direct involvement in the…

“Mere inflation – that is, the mere issuance of more money, with the consequence of higher wages and prices – may look like the creation of more demand. But in terms of the actual production and exchange of real things it is not.” — Henry Hazlitt, “Economics in One Lesson” Still, despite knowledge like this having…

You can’t see it, smell it, or taste it. But it’s the second leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas that emits from the natural decay of uranium or thorium found in nearly all soils and groundwater. It’s in the air all around us, and you and…

When a financial downturn percolates, the people are asleep – as always. The alert will get richer, and the crowd will get poorer. This is also as always. We have a shaky world order held up by the US Federal Reserve printing press and a world social order intimidated by the U.S. military. Progress or…

All the plagues in history let up in the summertime. The greatest number of deaths occurred in the winter. Don’t we do our annual ritual of “flu shots” in the winter? Winter illness is caused by no sunshine and little vitamin D. Wintertime tests for vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency always show significantly greater deficiency…

Have you noticed there is absolute agreement in the media on recessionary forces? There is little evidence of a conspicuous global economic slowdown anywhere visible except in the controlled media and in pre-emptive layoffs in the tech world. To them, interest rates are “high,” employment participation is “low,” and reports are that the economy is…