Not Just a Number, Episode 16, Once Upon a Time
In this penultimate episode of the series, Leo McKern returns as #2 and tries to take #6 through the seven ages of man.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
The Weekly Dilemma: Mandated Vaccines
The Biden Administration has been running into roadblocks from federal judges and state governors who reject his sweeping program of compulsory vaccination. Is there a case that can be made for requiring federal government employees to be vaccinated?
Wednesday’s Child: The Tinder Box
Every time I look at a newspaper, I feel like the soldier in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale of the tinder box.
Poems: Autumn
The thistledown’s flying, though the winds are all still,
On the green grass now lying, now mounting the hill
Not Just a Number, Episode 15, The Girl Who Was Death
In one of the series’ last episodes, we get some send-ups of the spy genre of the 1960s.
Brain-Teaser for Today
Question: What is the principal difference between President Biden and President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho in the movie Idiocracy? I await your responses…..
Are the US Marines losing their Gung Ho?
This exercise does not provide an opportunity to “surrender,” “keep score,” or “reset.”
The Myth of American Regional Cuisines
I take it as a given that the strength of local and regional cultures can be measured in part by their distinctive cuisines.
