There are more, but this is the condensed version… Our modern society is 100% based on Science. Without Science, we would revert to Neanderthal (cave-man) status (i.e., lower than third-world country levels). By and large, the public is unaware that Science has been under an intense assault for several decades now. Citizens are uninformed as […]
I’m a proud product of Catholic education. I had Sisters of St Joseph for grammar school, Xavarian Brothers for high school, and Jesuits for college (Boston College). I went off the reservation for graduate school (Syracuse), but the die had been set. I attribute my skills and interest in Critical Thinking to the fine teachers […]
I’ve always found human nature to be a fascinating subject. For example, why people do (or don’t do) things is interesting to me. Along the way, I’ve noticed a slew of apparent contradictions. Today’s topic is one of those: How can something that is one of our best assets, also be among our worst liabilities? I’ll give […]
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Critically thinking about what’s happening to America. I posted the first version of this commentary in 2022. I not only have many new subscribers, but also a LOT has happened since then. Since we all are immersed in the minutia of our daily lives, it is helpful to periodically take some deep breaths, and stand […]
Please read Saving American Children – Part 1. What should be the primary objectives of competent U.S. public K-12 schools? Good question, as this is a highly debated topic. Many hundreds of articles, reports, and books have been written on this matter. IMO one of the main reasons that the US education system is in a […]
We all agree that “Our children are our future.” However, many of us then make the fatal mistake of saying something like: “Yes, but it’s a long way off before they will have an impact on the country, and I have more pressing things to attend to now.” This single critical error is a primary […]
Bad news, but it’s not a surprise anymore… To assist late arrivers in getting up-to-speed on this matter, please read my prior commentaries: Defending John Eastman Part 1 and Part 2. After several months of hearings, etc. last week, the judge rendered her decision and declared that John should lose his law license for a potpourri of “reasons.” Based on my […]
Welcome! We cover COVID to Climate, as well as Energy to Elections. Here is the link for this issue, so please share it on social media. Checkout the 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020 archives, plus asterisked items below. — This Newsletter’s Articles, by Topic — If You Only Have Time to Read Some Select Articles: […]
I periodically attend an online weekly Zoom meeting of medical experts. It was originally set up by Dr. Stephen Frost (England) to discuss COVID-19 policies. They now discuss various healthcare policies and the related politics. Over the past two years, they have had some interesting presenters (e.g., RFK jr). They’ve even compromised their standards and […]
In our local paper they did an Op-Ed advocating that we should do a better job of working together as a country. In that piece they cited a meeting of some prior US Presidents, where a public statement was generated. In it there were the expected platitudes — like there needs to be more civility across the […]
A scientist wrote me that (based on his reading my frequent alerts about how the Scientific Method and Critical Thinking have been abandoned in K-12 education in almost all states) he decided to ask AI about this to see what it had to say. His query to ChatGPT was “In which US states is the […]
An unpleasant life experience… It’s not likely good news when your doorbell is rung at 2 in the morning. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Two days ago our lawn crew came to Spring Clean our yard of pine needles, pine cones, etc. There was a substantial pile of debris that they piled on our […]
Welcome! We cover COVID to Climate, as well as Energy to Elections. Here is the link for this issue, so please share it on social media. Checkout the 2023, 2022, 2021 & 2020 archives, plus asterisked items below. FYI, here is the subscribers history to my Critical Thinking substack, since day 1. If you like […]
A short story behind the story Some readers may be surprised that I’m more than a pretty face. Through persistence, invaluable help from allies, and dumb luck, I’ve had some influence on a wide variety of issues, on local, state, and national levels. A reward for this is that I’ve been repeatedly targeted by anti-science, […]