Deliberative Body
Kerby Anderson No one knows for sure who called the U.S. Senate the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body,” but it is often attributed to President James Buchanan. It was the venue where orators like...
Genetic Engineering
Kerby Anderson A recent NPR story begins with this introduction: “About a year before the pandemic hit, a scientist in China, He Jiankui, revealed that he had secretly engineered the birth of the firs...
AI and Jobs
Kerby Anderson New job creation in this country is down. There are many reasons, but one of those is artificial intelligence. Microsoft said it was laying off thousands of engineers because of AI. Wal...
Future Wars
Kerby Anderson You have probably heard the observation that often the military is “fighting the current war with the tactics of the previous war.” There has been a tendency for military leaders to rel...
Gerrymandering
Kerby Anderson When Texas Democrats fled the state to avoid a vote on redistricting, all of us started learning more about the phenomenon of gerrymandering. Even though I have written at least a half...
Depopulation Threat
Penna Dexter The fertility rate in the United States just hit 1.6 children per woman, an all time low. The replacement rate — the level that will keep the population stable — is 2.1 children per woma...
Gold as Money
Kerby Anderson You may have seen the announcement that astronomers have found an asteroid (Asteroid Psyche 16) that has been found to contain gold reserves worth $700 quintillion. That announcement wa...
California Leaving
Kerby Anderson Many companies have made the decision to move their headquarters out of California. But the latest decision by In-N-Out Burger is something new because most of their restaurants are in...
Muslim Migration
Kerby Anderson Professor Gad Saad always provides great insights on a variety of topics when he has been on my radio program. In this case, I want to focus on an interview Charlie Kirk recently did wi...
Nominee Blockade
Kerby Anderson President Trump has accomplished quite a bit in his six months, especially when you consider that he has had to do that without many of his nominees. As of late July, there were 256 nom...
Electric Grid
Kerby Anderson On a rare occasion, the electricity to our house goes out. But will such outages be more frequent in the future? Is the solution more alternative energy sources or more fossil fuel plan...
Read More Books
Penna Dexter Do you love to read books — but don’t do it enough? That’s me. The most interesting people in my life are those who read a lot of books. Why do I not read as many books as I’d like? Why d...
