Man is by nature a tribal creature. For many thousands of years, human existence was defined by family connections, with ties of blood and marriage providing the social network that ensured cooperation and support necessary to sustaining life. Loyalty to…
After months of death, depression, and disruption due to COVID-19, there is hope of ending the pandemic. The Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed,” which spurred private pharmaceutical research while stopping the Food and Drug Administration from killing people with delay,…
At my large state university I teach classes in engineering, which should be as inoffensive to politically correct minds as an academic major can be. What follows is a personal account of how university students in a technical major can…
Once again, the NFL franchise in the nation’s capital is under attack. One activist campaign that arose from the rioting and lawlessness in recent weeks was pressuring Washington’s professional football team to scuttle its Redskins nickname. It’s offensive, critics claim….
On Monday, the Washington Redskins officially announced their plans to change their team’s name. The team has been facing pressure to change its name for some time now, some Native American organizations seeing the term “Redskins” as an offensive racial slur….
My latest column, in the February edition of the Charleston Mercury, became my last column as a result of a group of screaming banshees who think that they know better than anyone else what deserves to be read. The column…
The middle of January was not a great time for Americans to have another national holiday. We’ve just had all the travel, expenses, calories, and alcohol of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day sandwiched into little over a month. The…
Although many tennis players achieved substantial wealth in 2019, it is unlikely Margaret Court will get big bucks for endorsing Nike apparel. She likely will not even be asked to endorse it. The Australian tennis legend will be honored next…
