Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
AT A wedding reception I attended recently, the mother of the bride, tired but happy, rose to offer a toast. I was struck by one point she went out of her way to emphasize — namely, how overjoyed she was that the guests who had flown in from out of town included not just her … Read more
The portion that Americans spend on food has fallen steeply over the last century. Let’s set aside the controversy over what Walmart’s shrinkflation of its annual Thanksgiving feast bundle might suggest for the recent trajectory of grocery prices. The good news for which we can be thankful is that the share of their incomes that … Read more
I Left Catholicism Because of Church Scandals… Also see “Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis,” by Bishop Robert Barron (161-page PDF) Related PostsThe Vatican Is Wasting Its Authority Why Pro-Abortion Activists Desecrate Churches Becoming A Part Of Something Greater – God’s Family The Apostasy of the … Read more
Average family health insurance premiums rose 6% in 2025, nearing $27,000, underscoring consistent increases and warning of more hikes ahead. Higher healthcare spending, including increased hospital and drug prices, is driving up the cost of coverage, according to an annual survey from the nonprofit KFF. For most American families, $27,000 is a lot of money. … Read more
Steubenville, Ohio — In this industrial, Rust Belt city in northeastern Ohio, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia and mere miles from the Pennsylvania border, something special is happening. No, it isn’t the idyllic Nutcracker Village displays that adorn downtown at Christmastime. Nor is it the latest tribute to the town’s most famous … Read more
The conventional career track of high school, to the glorified credentialing programs we now call colleges, to a narrow sector of the workforce that one has ostensibly been prepared for has never seemed like a good one for all people. It raises a barrier to entry for many jobs, forces life-altering choices on people without … Read more
When I tell people I go to Christendom College, the reaction is almost always the same: a raised eyebrow, a polite smile, and then, “Wait, that super strict Catholic school?” Yep. That’s the one. To be honest, I kind of thought the same thing before I enrolled. I wasn’t raised Catholic. I’m a convert who … Read more
Genesee River Watershed: Har-Go Farms Wonderful people Also see “Har-Go Farms in Pavilion with a new twist on organic“ Related PostsDe Blasio’s Domino’s outrage sums up why businesses are fleeing NYC Subsidies Distort Market Signals “Organic” – Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history The End … Read more
Chicago is at 338 murders so far this year and over 1,500 shot. Why? It’s a mystery. Mayor Brandon Johnson recently claimed that “jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities.” He praised Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, a racist terrorist who murdered a police officer and … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Father Of Murder Victim Lets Loose On Soft-On-Crime Policies At NC House Hearing In emotionally fraught testimony Monday, Steve Federico, father of a young woman who was brutally murdered by a black career criminal in South Carolina, pleaded with Democrats to stop protecting dangerous criminals with soft-on-crime policies. The House Judiciary … Read more
Genesee River Watershed: HaR-Go Farms, Pavilion, NY Related PostsDairies in Trouble: Borden Makes Surprise Bankruptcy Filing Y-Studs – Don’t Stop We’re Leavin’ – Passover An Overdue Wake-Up Call for New York Democrats? Maoist New York Goes to Pol Pot With Urban Agriculture The Civic Duties of Hasidic Schools
Did anyone ever really believe that men could become women? ‘Tipping Point’ author Malcolm Gladwell helped answer that question when he recently apologized for publicly asserting that men could change sex and fairly compete against women in sports because he was “cowed”. No one bothered to follow up with the more interesting question, ‘What is … Read more
The founder of Weber’s Resupply, a company that specializes in slow-fashion outdoor apparel, had a message for the bride-to-be who asked for 15 free Colorado ski sweaters to give to her girlfriends during her upcoming pre-wedding trip to Aspen. Those sweaters retail for $95 apiece, and Meredith Weber had no intention of giving away more … Read more
Patrick Peyton was dying. The year was 1938. A seminarian at the University of Notre Dame, Peyton had to face the doctor’s news: “You have tuberculosis.” A year later, “the doctor said, we don’t know if you’re going to make it,” said Fr. David S. Marcham, Vice Postulator and Guild Director for the cause of … Read more
Before anyone in his house woke up on Tuesday June 24, a 5-year-old Jacksonville boy named William decided he’d get up and take a walk to Chick-fil-A … By himself. Nobody knew he’d left since everyone was asleep, and before mom and dad knew it the cops were knocking on their door at 7:20 in … Read more
My only purpose in working as a teen was to earn as much money as possible. But I now realize the experience and life lessons those jobs provided were far more valuable. Low-wage, entry-level jobs provide the perfect opportunity for young people to learn the importance of key skills: showing up on time, getting along … Read more
How big food and big pharma hatched a crisis. They lied. For 50 years, nutrition “experts” told you eggs would kill you. A University of South Australia study just proved them wrong. Eggs don’t cause heart disease. They never did. The methodology was embarrassingly simple. Separate the effects of cholesterol from those of saturated fat. … Read more
Have we ever considered why female volleyball players wear the equivalent of underwear while males wear long shorts? Why, when my son’s soccer team played a co-ed team, the girls wore very short shorts while the boys wore long ones? Pope Pius XI spoke strongly about athletic uniforms with insufficient fabric, stating: Let parents keep … Read more
Nothing less than virtue must be the guiding principle of our love for tradition, and this must be especially true for men. I did not discover the Latin Mass until seven years ago, so my Catholic upbringing as an adult convert for the past twenty-plus years was in the New Mass. The hymns were embarrassing … Read more
Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, argues that genocide unfolds through a ten-step process. It begins with early warning signs like discrimination and dehumanization, then escalates into violent persecution and extermination. But Stanton’s final stage might come as a surprise. He says genocide culminates with denial, and that denial is an integral part of … Read more
Jews are living in an era of our grand family reunion. After 1900 years of wandering the world, now we can all meet up at Pico Glatt. “I hate that question!” the woman cried out after I asked her husband whether he was Ashkenazi. The woman was offended that I would ask that. “We’re all … Read more
AS THE days grow shorter and schools prepare to reopen, debates over how students are taught about race, identity, and history are heating up again. In California, San Francisco’s mandatory ethnic-studies program has sparked fierce backlash from parents and conservative groups, who are alarmed at how the curriculum promotes political activism in the classroom. The … Read more
Contrary to progressive delusions, young people are not especially enlightened. Quite the opposite. There is an odd thing that many older liberals tend to say about America’s youth. As a member of Generation Z, which currently comprises those aged 13 to 28, I have often heard a similar refrain: “It’s you young people who are … Read more
Men used to fight wars and build things. Now they sob on podcasts and have meltdowns online. Anyone arguing that men are somehow the more rational of the sexes has a lot of explaining to do: The energy once reserved for fighting wars or building nations or surging ahead with glorious careers is now spent … Read more
They may very well get to thank you some day — in heaven. It’s almost cliché. Those of the “Greatest Generation” absolutely, positively do not want to be a “burden” on their children. This generation of people who gave so much for so many couldn’t (and can’t) imagine putting their children in a position of … Read more