When I was a boy, I naturally was not a fan of most meat. And that was before I found out how we got the meat on our plates! I have tried not to hit people over the head with veganism and working their guilt about animal torture – I am just doing gentle reminders […]

I was taught Ponce de Leon came to Florida looking for the fountain of youth. That seems to be fake news! Nevertheless, elixirs, snake oil, all manner of potions, remedies and cures have been peddled by unscrupulous players forever. And now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there is a new one: Infusions of […]

For years, we have seen pictures and video of massive flooding all over America. So, my thought has been to create a network of pipes to whisk that water away and bring it where it is needed: the drought-plagued Western U.S. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of pipes moving oil and […]

The issue of race has been with us a long time. The issue of race intersecting with symbols of patriotism, that is something Colin Kaepernick can speak to – and there is history there, too! But, recently, with you-know-who stoking the flames, we have seen examples of people making statements in opposition. Now we have […]

Today on the show, we were discussing why people hate government, in the context of “socialism” and I found a story that takes us in that direction – why people hate government! In Albuquerque, New Mexico, there was a great plan to put all-electric buses in dedicated lanes up and down a stretch of old […]

Amazon.com is, of course, a behemoth. Accounting for half of all e-commerce transactions last year, Amazon is a major creator of shipping packaging – and waste of those shipping packages – after delivery! Last year, Amazon switched from a lot of cardboard boxes to a lot of plastic mailers. It’s been good for Amazon, but […]

What started as videos on VCR’s moved to DVD’s, then online, then sex tapes, revenge porn and now the latest – forget airbrushing and photoshopping – artificial intelligence allows very real-looking fake videos to be created. And, the creators are targeting women and humiliating them by making them appear to be in porn videos when […]

The Earth’s crust is missing big chunks. This can be seen in the Grand Canyon, and elsewhere, where layers of ancient rock are exposed. There seems to be a layer or layers missing. About one-fifth of the Earth’s crust seems to have vanished! There are various theories for this but a coalescing of theories is […]

It may sound odd at first blush, but there appears to be a strong association between dental health – specifically gum and teeth disease – and other serious illnesses, like heart attacks and Alzheimer’s. How these interact is still somewhat of a mystery but there are theories and there is evidence that caring for our […]

When we are at the supermarket, a cafeteria, a cafe, in a restaurant, or any other place where we eat or get food to eat later, we make choices about that food. Traditionally, we have counted calories, looked at fat and sugar content, whether there is a lot of salt, and so forth. What we […]