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A Brief History of Family X The following is a chapter in a series about the evolution of the famed family X. Errol Graham X was born to Walter X and Cora Amelia Robinson X on May 25, 1946, in Pretoria, South Africa. His childhood was difficult due to his parents’ marital problems. His mother…
A Brief History of Family X The following is a chapter in a series about the evolution of the famed family X. Walter X never knew his biological father, Harry X, who died one year after Walter’s birth in Pretoria in 1916. Since Lucy Champion and Harry were divorced shortly before Harry’s death, we cannot…
I’m a little embarrassed about my birthday. However, there is a positive and a negative side to being a Gemini… I am a proud Gemini but… Donald Trump is a Gemini too. On the other hand, so were…John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Queen Victoria, Paul McCartney, Judy Garland, Bob Dylan, Morgan Freeman, Richard Wagner, and…
A Brief History of Family X The following is a chapter in a series about the evolution of family X. This story begins with a young lad from a poor English background, around 15 years old. He was the son of an unwed mother in a poor agricultural area in Suffolk County at the bottom…
Cringe: a feeling of embarrassment or discomfort in response to something awkward or unpleasant. Most of us, particularly younger people, have listened to confused fathers and uncles bloviating about topics they know little about. The fictional Archie Bunker from Queens, New York, is the perfect example. Here are some of his humorous witticisms: Archie was…
To prove Christians, particularly Catholics, are creatures of the New Testament, the new Pope has proven to be exempt from some of the important constraints of the Old Testament. Numbers 14:18 says: “The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of…
Case Study 1 – The Russian Invasion of Ukraine In early 2024, the Russians, led by the Wagner Group mercenaries, thought that the territory around Donetsk, Ukraine, would be easily overwhelmed. Most of the area had been under Russian control since the beginning of the war. The city faced non-stop attacks from the air and…
The week of May 19th could be redemption or yet another embarrassment for Trump’s sugar daddy. America’s favorite African-American recently said, “Just before the Starship flight next week, I will give a company talk explaining the Mars game plan in Starbase, Texas, that will also be live-streamed on X.“ Until Tesla’s value began to fall…
There can no longer be any doubt. The Trump Administration is hellbent on destroying American higher education. Trump is attacking higher education, as Mussolini did in 1931, Mao in 1968, and Viktor Orban in 2019. All dictators want to neuter and control the intellectual gold mines of their societies. This impulse is fueled by the…
On May 12, 2025, retired General Stanley McChrystal was interviewed on The Daily Show. Among the wide-ranging topics discussed were personal character and fidelity to the truth. He was asked if he ever called or texted his wife with, “Hey honey, we are bombing Kabul today.” He said certainly not; if he had, he would…