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Sunday Reads...

  • Greg McNeilly
  • May 31
  • 2 min read

NOTE: This 100th "Sunday Reads" is the last before a summer break. Please enjoy!


An irregular roundup of thought-provoking reads. Most made me go “hmm…”

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - T.S. Eliot


  • Meet the oldest (and one of 11) Pearl Harbor survivors. 

  • Read the encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas.”

  • I have a Dreamspeechwriter passed away. 

  • U.S. public debt is a big problem.   Stop supporting more spending! 

  • Meet the US World Cup Soccer Team. 

  • Nixon redux: Ex-President Biden sues to stop transparency regarding his Presidential audio tapes. 

  • Bourbon great - Nancy Fraley - stepping back. 

  • Parenting: How my father Ben Sasse raised me: reflections from his daughter. 

  • Has Pickleball hit its ceiling? 

  • Half of L.A.’s homeless population is imported. 

  • An argument: The health risks of alcohol are overstated. 

  • Hundreds of illegal aliens voted in just one state, apparently

  • Another violent illegal alien is jailed. 

  • Ranking states by “educational attainment.”

  • In pursuit of the analog life

  • Bartenders: This summer’s top drinks noted

  • Remembering: Orson Welles and the War of the Worlds. 

  • Brain Rot” the social challenge first identified by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

  • Spinasourus on the hunt - video

  • Friendship of letters - an approach

  • Laugher a tool, apparently, for raising strong children. 

  • A deep dive into the demographics of the aging set. 

  • 2026, the year of the tick

  • AI:

    • AI girlfriends apparently a schoolboy trend. 

    • AI is apparently teaching our k12 teachers now. 

    • Narrative-buster: Data suggests zero net job losses due to AI. 

    • An ode to writing without AI.

  • CHINA & RUSSIA, IRAN & TERROR:

    • UK warns of Russian cyber terrorism

    • Iran is linked to attacks against America’s cyber infrastructure

    • Profile: A Russian drone hunter

    • Iran executes another young lady for her viewpoints. 

  • COURTS:

    • More left-wing violence aimed at a member of SCOTUS.

  • ECONOMY:

    • WSJ

      • Real Estate professionals exiting in droves. 

      • American consumers are struggling with unsecured debt. 

    • Remote work drives up the cost of junior employees and retards their productivity. 

    • Insane: The cost of most car payments presently

    • Male-out: Over one-third of 20+ year old males in the U.S. are not working.

  • POLS BEHAVING BADLY:

    Dems

    • Dems appear to have another Nazi-aligned U.S. Senate candidate. 

    • New Jersey Dem canddiate admits to having a terrorist girlfriend. 

    • Another illegal alien pleads guilty to voting in two elections. 

    • More political violence from Democrat left-wingers. 

    • Michigan Democrats mocked for being weird. 

    • The Democrat anti-semitism is uncontained

    Reps

    • Prosecutors move to vacate all J6 prosecutions. 

    • Journalist with GOP ties alleged to be a CCCP agent. 

    • ICE detainees hit a record self-rate, prompting questions. 

    • Paxton needs to explain his “family values.”

  • TRAVEL:

    • Where do you drink for a 250th Birthday Party?  These places

    • Top 50 North American restaurants

    • 50 great pizza joints

    • The best breakfast food from each state per ReadersDigest

    • Odd but popular spots in all 50 states. 


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