Sunday Reads...
- Greg McNeilly
- Mar 22
- 4 min read
An irregular roundup of thought-provoking reads. Most made me go “hmm…”
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large, there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad." — Alexis de Tocqueville
Current Events: Sometimes the "Thing" is "The Thing." Other times, the "Thing" is "not The Thing." Yet, at times, it is both the "Thing" and other "Things."
Connecting dots:
Why Stoicism beats modern victimhood.
Unpacking the approaches to disagreement that drive our angst more than the lack of consensus.
Modern psychotherapy is failing, some of the challenges reviewed here.
Report card from hell - why America’s education system has failed.
Distraction op: UFO “files” set to be “released.”
Thiel: An antichrist hunter or a protracted heretic?
Anti-inflation: US slashes cost to renounce citizenship.
Birds of a feather: Narcissists tend to marry other narcissists research suggests.
Unpacking the details of the SAVE America Act supported by a super majority of citizens.
Golden Dome’s expense continues to climb.
A mediation on saving children from social media.
Exploring the contradictions of Thomas Jefferson.
“Unspecified” concerns over the labor organizer Chavez, prompts group to start to distance itself from his brand. If true, this is a bombshell.
Fascinating: A restaurant offers free food to lawmakers who dine with members “across the aisle.”
Reflections on living with gout.
The top 100 most “stylish” Hollywood icons.
Dissecting the “manosphere” and Netflix’s attempt to understand it.
Excellent piece: The builder’s class versus the luxury belief’s class.
Exodus: Another billionaire leaves California.
Greece bans children from under 15 from being on social media.
How to pour the perfect pint - a conversation with the head of quality for Guinness.
Explaining how quantum computing works via an Infograph.
Democrats scramble to find an exit ramp for their “DHS shutdown.”
UN agency under investigation for ties to terrorism.
Banksy the street “artist” is unveiled.
Alien Distraction, incoming 3, 2, 1…let’s start with a website.
A mediation on Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises.
George Washington forced the British onto 120 ships for a full scale retreat, remembered.
Learn about the Wall Street charging bull statue, here.
Obviously: “Research” in favor of cannibas is over-hyped.
Best “everyday” bourbons, here.
A review of 122 UBI (Universal Basic Income) schemes.
Americans are united: Massive unity behind “photo ID” for voting.
RIP Chuck Norris.
Has Amelia Earhart’s crash site been discovered?
Charting the new economics of air superiority.
Graphing how men and women in the US spend their time.
AI:
Witness caught using AI on the stand.
The “Law School of ChatGPT” continues to fail its students, apparently.
What “AI” remembers about you.
Check out which jobs are most “threatened” by AI.
CHINA & RUSSIA, IRAN & TERROR:
Some indications that Iran’s current Supreme Leader is recovering in a Moscow hospital.
Taiwan sees China building up assets in its region.
China is resuming air service to the DPRK.
Iran:
Continuing to loose leadership.
Intel suggests that Iran’s regime would still violently crush any uprising.
WSJ: Media partisanship is out-of-control over Epic Furry.
Rubio and Hegseth apparently being targeted by drones on American soil.
Children of many of the Iranian mass murders work and live in the United States.
The new Iran proves it is just as evil as the old Iran.
Iran’s new military brags about targeting civilian families in the West (including the US).
Don’t forget, Iran - not Trump - is the enemy of civilization.
And if you’re a skeptic, check this out.
China’s EV production described by investigators as “slavery” are chronicled here.
Cuba was just kicked-out of Costa Rica who wants to rid the Western Hemisphere of Communists apparently.
Chinese exploiting American birthright citizenship.
ECONOMY:
POLS BEHAVING BADLY:
Dems
US intel community hid information from Trump, on purpose.
Remembering: One congress person married her own brother.
Nine members of Antifa were found guilty of domestic terrorism.
Another violence supporting “teacher” caught with child porn.
National Debt hits $39,000,000,000,000.
Congressional Democrats have turned on American dogs, taxpayers and families in radical votes.
Elizabeth Warren sides with a Nazi.
Reps
TRAVEL:
Tips for the 3am insomnia, here.
Hollywood: It once managed an epidemic better than competing studio towns launching it ahead.
Movie classics that were flops when launched.
Unpacking the history of the “flea market.”
More research showing that toddlers should not be exposed to much screen time.
