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sursumcorda, 27 July 2023 |
Losing Faith in the Medical Profession - Again
How is trust broken? It may be by a sudden betrayal, but often you wake up one day and realize that the perfidy has been a long time...
Sound of Freedom
It's not often we go to a movie theater. Seriously. I may have forgotten something, but I believe the last time we did so was in 2016,...
How Businesses Can Help Save the World Without Being...
Enough is enough. I won't drink Bud Light. I won't buy Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Big deal. I don't like beer, and I've long...
The Southern Saint
Mid-July is a good time to pay my annual homage to Saint Willis Carrier. He's not a Catholic saint, nor an Anglican saint, nor a saint...
The Bagel and Lox Sandwich, All from Scratch
Everybody knows and loves bagels. But would you believe I'd never eaten, seen, or even heard of bagels until I went to college? My...
Homemade Is Where the Heart Is
There's a place for professionals, and a time to enjoy the excellence that can only be attained by those who have dedicated most of...
Harvey Mudd, the White House, and Harrison Bergeron
About a million years ago, when I was applying to colleges, high on my list was Harvey Mudd College near Los Angeles, California. At the...
Because We Don't Deserve It
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and the coronation of King Charles III, which heightened our awareness...
Drones in Warfare
I've mentioned the Task & Purpose YouTube channel before . Here's another fascinating report, about how Raytheon's new laser...
Bring Back the Beavers
Here ya' go. No politics, nothing depressing. Serious, but light. No puppies or kittens, but Beaver Engineers. Take a couple of minutes...
Love It or...
I just saw an awesome t-shirt; if I had documented Native American blood in my lineage, I'd buy one immediately. Back in the days...
Pray for Russia - Now More than Ever
Soon after Russia invaded the Ukraine, I posted this plea to Pray for Russia . Over a year later, the need is greater still. I'm a...
DarkHorse Is on Rumble!
You know I'm a big fan of Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying—the folks I call my favorite Left Coast Liberals. There's a lot we...
Where's the Bathroom?
If you want to be a local guide for the Viking cruise line, one of the most important things to remember is that a large number of your...
St. Alban's Anglican Church, Copenhagen
One of these days I hope to have a more coherent set of posts about our recent cruise, but that will be a while—and I still have...
The Cold Plunge
I am not and have never been one who desires a "spa treatment." Manicures, pedicures, full-body massages, facials, being rubbed with...
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood..." Oh, wait, that was a different war. But here, where we are berthed, on September 1,...
Orangutans and Human Children - Reality Check Unblurs the...
The following is excerpted from an article in the June 1980 National Geographic magazine: "Indonesia’s Orangutans: Living...
Who Dreams Up These Nightmares?
In a post from earlier this year, The Domestication of City Dwellers , Heather Heying expresses many of my doubts about the crazy new...
Contraceptive Sex Is Like Vegan Bacon
I couldn't resist that subject title, because it certainly grabbed my attention as the lead-in to an excerpt from a conversation between...
Medicine and Parenting, Then and Now
A lot has changed in 35 years, and not all for the better. Looking through some old journal entries, I read about a time when our...
The End of an Era - Bed Bath and Beyond
I liked Bed, Bath and Beyond. The prices were usually a little higher than elsewhere, but there was always a good coupon...
When Is Fairness Most Needed?
In times of crisis, traditional rules of procedural fairness can be modified. So said Gerard Kennedy, Canadian law...
Some Good Randomness
The 20th anniversary DarkHorse Podcast is full of apparently random interesting topics. If you have the time for the whole hour and 40...