There have been 1,826 alleged ethics violations in the US Senate since 2007. More than 107 ethics complaints per year. More than one alleged violation of ethics for each Senator…

Substack contacted me to discuss joining their platform and monetizing some of my writing.  Having written a blog post for nearly 20 years without missing a day, it makes sense…

A sign of the pending apocalypse: Less than half of parents find it fun to read aloud to their children, new research shows. Only 40% of parents with children aged…

College basketball is getting older. In 2019, the average age of a Sweet 16 starter in the men’s tournament was 20.8. In 2021, it rose to 21.2. In 2025, the…

The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief." — William Shakespeare (Othello) I've always loved this line. It suggests that a…

A new study published in Science of the Total Environment examined caddisfly larval casings dating back to the 1970s to determine when microplastics first appeared. When they hatch from eggs,…

Last year, Bon Appétit published a recipe for a chocolate chipless cookie along with an article about the recipe. The title reads: "What’s a Chocolate Chipless Cookie? Tasty but Controversial."…

My former principal, Plato Karafelis, referred to substitute teachers as "visiting teachers" because he wanted to show them greater respect and appreciation for their work. Plato retired more than a…

"I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all…

When I was a kid, marijuana was illegal. Seemingly as illegal as cocaine and heroin. I've never used marijuana in any form, but as a kid, it was the kind…