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Archives for 2025
On that infamous school Coca-Cola experiment
“In the fall of 1950, a Cornell University professor named Clive McCay, a nutritionist, testified in the U.S. House of Representatives that the sugar in Coke caused cavities. He gave a vivid account that instantly became part of folklore — a tooth left in a glass of Coca-Cola would soften and begin to dissolve in […]
Were the Dark Ages really dark?
A quite interesting article from 2022. It makes some strong points, including the point that to claim that the entire period of the 500s to 1500s is the Dark Ages is not only inaccurate but also deliberately ignores the many advances in scholarship, architecture, science, government, etc., that took place during the majority of that […]
When partisanship is more important than unity
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-justice-clarence-thomas-led-scotus-kill-dei Unfortunately, I could not embed the article. Please follow the link above to see what I am discussing. Here is a little article whose only purpose appears to be to interpret a unanimous Supreme Court decision through a distinctly partisan lens. It appears to have two purposes. One is to portray the ruling as […]
A frustrating four days
I believed my website had adequate protection against attacks. I had JetPack enabled, and it was supposedly monitoring my website for security issues. However, recently I noticed that Jetpack was now asking for an annual fee for previously free checking. So, I decided to accept it. I could not be more upset. This site had […]
We are our own worst enemy
Walt Kelly had the right idea in 1971. Let us remember that in 1971, Vietnam was still a very active conflict. A year later, in December of 1972, Nixon unleashed a carpet bombing campaign on Hanoi, which did not deter what was then North Vietnam in the least. Four years earlier, in 1968, the USA […]
