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Sunday Reads...

  • Greg McNeilly
  • 12 hours ago
  • 3 min read

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

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer


  • Memorial Day:

    • And the history of poppies. 

    • The history of Memorial Day. 

    • The history of Arlington National Cemetery. 

    • One of the earliest Memorial Day remembrances is remembered. 

    • Poem: Remember the Brave. 

    • Playlist: A Memorial Day track. 

  • 10 artifacts from the Smithsonian’s 250 exhibit. 

  • The NYT notices that political “influencer” content is for sale. 

  • Another example of how wasteful local government can be with your tax dollars. 

  • Best prom entrance - ever. 

  • Sasse: Habits for America. 

  • Visualizing professions by average income. 

  • Colleges and universities have become anti-learning/anti-thought camps, as evidenced by matriculation rituals. 

  • Sad.  Decline in “Dad book” sales is attributed to an uptick in podcast consumption. 

  • 50 books for children to read before 12. 

  • Schlitz - 117 years old - RIP, we hardly knew ye. 

  • RIP civil rights icon Bob Woodson. 

  • RIP Barney Frank. 

  • Why colleges are Marxist factories. 

  • Ex-POTUS Obama suggests these songs define America. 

  • Another screen-time warning. 

  • Possibly America’s most intellectually gifted President, Nixon, shared his top-ten reading list. 

  • Tips for conversation. 

  • Reflecting on the purpose and value of the university. 

  • More notes on the economic failure of unions. 

  • Fertility trends in context. 

  • An argument for ambition. 

  • Listing the best intellectual biographies. 

  • What the American Left gets wrong about the Right. 

  • The history of color(s). 

  • 6 to 1, Universities picked Democrat “speakers” for their “graduations.”

  • Philo-Isamism has wrecked the BBC so much that it wrote a story sympathetic to the abusing fathers, not the trafficked children. 

  • A “university” is being sued for allegedly misclassifying a professor as white. 

  • Distraction by the UFO file release continues. 

  • Axing an HR department because of “drama.”

  • 30 Summer movies ahead. 

  • Mapping by state, weekly wages. 

  • A surge in Gen-Z home ownership. 

  • Visualizing the drop in paper check usage. 

  • Detroit pedophile details emerge. 

  • The tale of an $8 billion book thief. 

  • An argument that it is your fault if you cannot land employment. 

  • Reflecting on the “cool vibe” of the American Leftist. 

  • A tool to calculate how far you have traveled through space. 

  • Unpacking the violent history of nutmeg. 

  • Foreign Policy of the future is considered here. 

  • Explore the data behind why fewer drinks in America are being consumed. 

  • Longevity advice from a 103-year-old doctor. 

  • AI:

  • CHINA & RUSSIA, IRAN & TERROR:

    • Putin and XI meeting again. 

    • Moscow hit by Ukraine counter-strikes. 

    • A DOJ indictment of senior Cuban government officials. 

    • More intel on Russia and China teaming up against Ukraine. 

    • Chinese shipping container maker indicted on collusion to drive up costs. 

    • Iran plotted to kill Ivanka Trump pre-Operation Epic Furry. 

    • China continues to jail Christians. 

  • ECONOMY:

    • Unpacking unemployment in seven charts. 

    • UAE looking to accelerate its Hormuz bypass. 

  • POLS BEHAVING BADLY:

    • State House Democrat candidates call for internment camps for those supporting Israel. 

    • Dem Senate candidate complained about the military closing the “prostitute loophole.”

    • Alleged childcare fraudster indicted. 

    • Hunter Biden and fellow Democrat Candice Owens kibitz together in their unified anti-semitism. 

    • Another Democrat advocating for abolishing the police. 

    • Dem Senate candidate mocks dead soldier. 

  • TRAVEL:


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