Baby Shortage

It’s not in the news that often, but there actually is a baby shortage in many developed nations all over the world. In fact, in some nations the falling birthrate is so critical that in just a generation or two those nations may decrease in their populations by...

Elvis

The recent movie “Elvis” just explodes upon the screen, and I felt like I was in a Formula 1 car racing from one scene to the next, watching Elvis Presley rocket into fame. It is an amazing film using animation and regular filming to make you feel like you...

Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev is dead. He was a household word in the mid to late 1980’s. I remember hearing people swoon over him like he was some sort of savior, and others denouncing him as an Antichrist (“was that mark on his head some sort of symbol?” I actually...

The March to Tyranny

It can be real easy to get depressed if you don’t know history. Once again, as we look around our poor old planet, we see tyranny on the march. From Vlad Putin’s legions in Ukraine to Xi Jiping’s threats against Taiwan to corrupt authoritarians in...

Top Gun: Maverick

Well, I am late to the party, but my wife and I finally went to see this “Top Gun: Maverick” flick. We usually wait until it’s shown in the cheap theatre (you know, where you have to bring your own chair). We’ve been told by several trusted...