Category: Brainfood
Links to articles that I think are worth reading.
Uncertainty looms over professional journalism
It’s not easy being a journalist. Sure, you may not be as physically taxed as a surveyor who spends his day walking a variety of…
Social media: Saying ‘I quit’ is an option, but unlikely
Like many people, I feel the overload when it comes to our modern information age. It’s a nonstop 24-7 ordeal with the news changing every…
Brainfood: Did ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ speak for 90s metalheads?
Who is old enough to remember Beavis and Butt-Head’s original run? Sure, more than one-fourth of us were not born then, but if you’re part…
Conspiracy peddlers add to victims’ suffering
October 2017 started off with tragedy as 58 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded when a shooter armed with rifles modified to…
On Columbus Day, facts and history don’t always agree
Next Monday is Columbus Day, at least in Arkansas and most other states. It’s not a day celebrated by everyone, particularly the descendants of the…
Just molecules in the wind — Cassini-Huygens Mission ends
It seems September has been dominated by bad news. North America and the Caribbean were hit by multiple hurricanes, Mexico was racked by a pair…
Teal, for real
Have you been seeing teal? I sure hope so. When it comes to cancer awareness, it seems that pink is the dominant color. We all…
Interview: Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson on female Viking’s skeleton
An interview by Science, the magazine for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson of Uppsala University in Sweden. The interview talks about…
What is fascism anyway?
Over August, one word was thrust back into the spotlight: Fascist. Much of it had to do with the political-ideological violence we saw play out…
Voyager mission: Forty years to forever
September 1, 2017 Man, August 2017 is not going to be remembered as a particularly good month for the U.S. We had ideological violence, a…
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