Monthly Archives: March 2016

Remember the conventional wisdom that female rulers tend to be more peaceful than male rulers? It may not necessarily be true: After sifting through historical data on queenly reigns across six centuries, two political scientists have found that it’s more … Continue reading →

You may have seen the Wintergatan’s Marble Music Machine recently, either here on my blog or elsewhere. Well, he’s since released a few “how it works” videos exploring all the various elements that went into making the machine work. My … Continue reading →

As yesterday’s post stated, we are becoming an increasingly factionalized society, and each faction is out to borrow, suborn, or outright shanghai anyone and everyone they think they can to their cause. Case in point, the recent attempt at shaming … Continue reading →

I read an article the other day in which a man, who lived for a time as transgendered but changed his mind, criticizes the inflexibility of progressives. But in the end, I suspect his final accusation extends to a majority … Continue reading →

Little-known fact: F/A-18 Hornets can sense problems and tells the pilot what to do, and their voice is that of Leslie Shook, who is retiring.   In other news, there is a movie coming out this month that examines the … Continue reading →

I’ve seen a lot of people devoting a lot of energy to defeating Donald Trump in his bid to be the Republican candidate for president. Let me say up front that I don’t want Trump, either. Frankly, I don’t want … Continue reading →