The real news you were supposed to see
Tucked away in the western part of Arkansas is a little town known as Mena. A town of 5,400 people that harbored the airport for one of the busiest drug smuggling in operations in the world. When a C-123K military cargo plane crashed in Nicaragua on October... More »
Research papers are published every day. The majority of research data is inconclusive. There just isn’t enough data to draw conclusions from. In most cases the best a researcher can do is suggest that “this topic is worth further investigation.” Yet that isn’... More »
Science is revered in modern society, almost like a religion. And as with religion, many people have blind faith in the power of science. When we read about studies or research in the media, many of us simply believe that what we’re reading is true. It’s based... More »
“Is this the worst Congress ever?” seems to be something that’s said with increasing frequency these days (I distinctly remember in 2011 when I began to notice everyone saying it at least once an election) and the 114th speaker Paul Ryan doesn’t seem to be get... More »
Your children need the skills necessary to navigate this complex and dangerous world. With the proliferation of lies spread through the media, they need critical thinking to separeate the wheat from the chaff. Here’s how you help them develop this critic... More »
Benjamin Franklin is frequently quoted for a statement he once made regarding liberty as follows: “Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” While this point is typically used out of ... More »
At any given moment, thousands of horrible things are going on in the world. Someone is being shot, murdered, robbed or unjustly arrested; we all know this because the media told us. In fact, the media says a lot of things. Generally, they report on the most h... More »