“You have a man who lived to 90,” Oldman says of Churchill. “It’s estimated that he smoked 165,000 cigars in his lifetime. He fought in four wars. He wrote 50 books. He wrote more words than Shakespeare and Dickens put together. He painted something like 600 paintings. He had 16 exhibitions at the Royal Academy, […]
Defeat Pancreatic Cancer with an IoT Toothbrush
Originally posted December 14, 2016. Don’t know much about IoT? Then you are dangerously behind the curve. Well WIRED fills in the blanks for you. One Harvard study found that men with a history of periodontitis had a 64 percent higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than those with healthy gums. If you’re the type of person who can […]
Will Even More Defense Spending Make America Safer?
Writing at The American Conservative, Andrew Bacevich rips into the National Defense Strategy. For too long America’s “defense” has been an imprecise offense. Bacevich hammers the idea that the U.S. needs to spend even more money on its defense. Chris Preble, Cato Institute’s vice president for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, has written the book, The […]
Immigration—Watching out for U.S. Citizens?
The purpose of government is to watch out for its citizens, especially so with our immigration policy. Tucker Carlson reminds viewers that U.S. immigration policies are in place to help Americans. The point of our immigration policy, the point of all of our policies is to help Americans. Watching out for our citizens is the […]
An Attack Plan for Early and Late Stage Cancer: Part IV
Have you heard of ketosis? In 2015 I wondered if it was the “holy grail” of anti-aging. It’s certainly helpful to avoid sugar whenever possible. But now Dr. Mercola points to some evidence that ketosis may help treat cancer. He writes: Each and every day, more than 1,600 people prematurely die from cancer in the […]
Southern States on Tax Cuts: Bring it On!
While high tax Northern states are desperately attempting to find ways around new rules in the tax reform legislation passed at the end of 2017, the South is cheering them on. The problems stem from high state and local income and property taxes in the North that will no longer be fully deductible for federal […]
The U.S. Navy Desperately Needs Icebreakers
In May of 2017, Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard warned of a potential Russian checkmate in the artic, a region that holds an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil and about 30% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas. Russia, on top of building military bases, is also building massive nuclear […]
On the Ground in Burgundy with Dick Young
Debbie and I have biked, walked or driven by car through all of the tiny wine villages of the Côte de Nuits and will return this fall for another “on the ground,” research trip. After many years, visits and hundreds of hours of reading, as well as a not insignificant amount of tasting, I now […]
RIP Warren Miller
Legendary ski filmmaker Warren Miller died last night at his home on Orcas Island, WA. He was 93. He will be missed. When I was growing up in Mattapoisett, MA the closest mountains were around a four hour drive away. We would go skiing on long-weekends and most February vacations. I remember the ski trips […]
Donald Trump—Blurting out the Truth
In Impromptus, National Review’s Jay Nordlinger writes on what Jay calls President Trump’s refreshing candor: I’ll tell you something I like about Trump — his occasional bursts of candor. You remember when he fired the FBI director? His flacks said he did so because the director had treated Hillary Clinton unfairly and all that. Trump […]
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