April 4, 2021

On May 1, Let’s All Tear Off Our Masks

One hundred days. That’s what President Biden asked for before he was inaugurated – 100 days of masking. That was the linchpin of his plan to end the coronavirus pandemic. It was in his executive order requiring people to wear masks wh...

November 10, 2012

The Mythology Channel

I should have known better than to expect anything like real history from The History Channel.  With the notable exception of some of their reality series like Pawn Stars, American Restoration, and Ice Road Truckers -- all three of which I admit...

April 3, 2011

Shrugging off Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand's 1,168-page magnum opus is a novel that -- if one must read it at all -- should be read twice, the first time when one is young and still more or less innocent and ignorant of the ways of the world, and the second time at least two dec...