Shirley Temple, I Still Love You!
Shirley Temple was the big thing with the girls when I was a kid. If my sisters could generate a dime, they went to one of her movies. Being a boy, I was only interested in war and western movies. Tha…
Why Doesn’t the US Take Care of the Homeless Rather than Build Weapons?
Occassionally you will hear the argument from an ultra-left liberal who has no friggin clue what on Earth they are talking about say; We need to stop making bombs and start helping people. Whereas thi…
Fauvism
Fauvism began in 1905. It was a short-lived movement and included a group of artists who used deep, more intense color than the work of the Impressionists. With simplified lines the subjects were eas…
Palestinian People Want Their Own Nation
The Palestinians want their own homeland and nation. They want a place of their own. Who can blame them? Unfortunately they have not been good neighbors to Israel, as they have sent suicide bombers in…
Exploiting Insect Swarm Weakness to Stop Them
When looking at a killer bee swarm or locust swarm it is interesting indeed the level of sophistication they have, when you start getting up close and personal. In fact what appears to be a chaotic me…
Mabel Seeley-A Classic Mystery Author Rediscovered
In 1938 America was in the last years of the Great Depression. People were returning to work, but disposable income was scarce. Consumers wanted to get the most for their dollar, so not everyone had …
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who miraculously survived the Russian gulags, gave a commencement speech at Harvard University in 1978 that rankled the press but was probably one of the most astute modern sta…
Nessie, the Beast of the Loch
They were fierce hill tribes in what is now Scotland, and we called them Picts. The name seems to mean “The Painted People” for they were known to love bright body art and multi-coloured clothing. The…

