April 29, 2018
“The future is going to be amazing, and we should be optimistic that as a free people we can lead the world into that future – just as we led the world with new developments in cars, airplanes, computers and the Internet.” — Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and unabashed […]
Tags: 2024, 3D-printing, advances in technology, asteroid mining, autonomous assembly, BFR, Breakout, Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Kiron Skinner, future tech, heart surgery, low-orbit systems, medical diagnostics, Mike Pence, NASA, national defense, Newt Gingrich, President Trump, reusable rockets, robotics, space exploration, Space Foundation, Space Travel, SpaceX, technological innovation
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |
April 22, 2018
“The exercise seems aimed primarily at avoiding contact with antiquated beliefs, racist language, and sexist assumptions.” — Thomas D. Williams, PhD I confess, I’m not really a “classic lit” sort of guy. Although, I have read a few of the usual entries in whole (e.g., The Holy Bible, The Hobbit, Mere Christianity) or in part […]
Tags: anti-biblical sentiment, Antonio Gramsci, Breitbart, fear of history, feminism, GQ, Judeo-Christian, liberal hypocrisy, literary classics, masculinity, metrosexual, racism sexism, replacing the cultural hegemony, The Bible, Thomas D. Williams, traditional Western values, what does it mean to be well-read
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
April 15, 2018
We hear a lot of talk (mostly from the political Left) about this “fair share” idea. My question has always been, “Who decides what is ‘fair’, and how do they come up with that?” To me, “fair” would be roughly equivalent to “proportional to income”, which is what everyone should pay (with exceptions for the […]
Tags: Center for Individual Freedom, CFIF, class warfare, Democrat claims proven false, economic growth, fair share, federal income tax, Marxist, rich pay their fair share, tax cut for the rich, Tax Policy Center, Timothy H. Lee, Trump tax cut
Posted in Politics |
April 8, 2018
“But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.” — Job 12:7 (HCSB) The other day I was eating lunch out in our sunroom, when I suddenly heard some loud tapping noises on or near the roof. The sounds didn’t last long, fortunately, but […]
Tags: biomicry, biomimetics, brain damage, Brock International, concussion, CTE, deceleration forces, George Farah, hyoid, Kelsey Mullins, neurodegenerative diseases, new black box design, Nicole Mortillaro, Paul Marks, Peter Cummings, Sang-Hee Yoon, shock absorber technology, spongy bone, Sungmin Park, tau protein, unique woodpecker traits, vibrational reduction
Posted in Science |
April 1, 2018
“3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” — II […]
Tags: crucifixion of Jesus, Easter, God is with us, II Corinthians 2 & 4, Isaiah 53, Justin Brierley, Luke 4, Psalm 22, Resurrection of Christ, suffering, the Incarnation, trusting God in hardship, Unbelievable?
Posted in Religion |