Besides being beset by increasingly large shortages of electric power, California is now facing the prospect of water scarcity as well. A years-long drought, which has become so severe it threatens hydroelectric power systems, has reminded Californians that much of their state resides in a desert. So a group…

The first episode of the TV series version of Tom Swift, based very loosely on the children’s book series about a teenage inventor, violates the cardinal rule of TV and cinema by telling rather than showing. A voice-over states, “We’re not nerds; we’re Black nerds. Oh, and billionaires.” …

Elon Musk with rocket Gizmodo recently reported on an incident during an episode of Jeopardy. Tucked into the category “Keeping Up With NASA” was the statement “The NASA program named for this sister of Apollo looks to land a woman (& a man) on the Moon by 2024.” Not one…

Manifest destiny, a 19th-century concept that stated that the United States was ordained to spread across North America, bringing with it democracy and capitalism, has fallen out of favor in recent years. According to an article in History.com, …

The news that members of the QAnon cult have been gathered on the Grassy Knoll in Dallas awaiting the second coming of John Kennedy Jr. is one of the most bizarre and entertaining developments in an era in which most news is depressing and aggravating. Why JFK Jr. and…

President Joe Biden has inflicted the greatest damage to American honor and influence in recent memory with his botched extraction of troops from Afghanistan. …

by Mark R. Whittington “The Tomorrow War,” starring Chris Pratt as an everyman high school science teacher and military veteran who is thrust into a future war against alien invaders, recently became available on Amazon Prime. On one level it is an explosion and gun fire-laden action movie of…

Imagine a world in which companies valued creating jobs as much as they do goods and services at a price that makes them attractive to consumers. You don’t need to act like a politician who boasts about “creating jobs” that he or she had no role in doing. …

Greta Thunberg is either a pint-sized warrior for the environment or the most annoying teenager on the planet for her tireless advocacy for the mitigation of climate change. In her latest foray in service to that cause, Ms. Thunberg’s Fridays for Future campaign released a “satirical ad” that is said…