I found myself wondering, why did dinosaurs want to live in Utah?
Author: Louis Cannon
Underrated writer Louis Cannon grew up in the vast American West, although his ex-wife, given the slightest opportunity, will deny that he ever grew up at all. You can read more stories on his Substack account.
READY, FIRE, AIM: Who Can Stop the Bleeding?
Trump could have beat Biden, blindfolded and with one hand tied behind his back…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Idle Thoughts About Three Mile Island
This was a memorable nuclear accident…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Looking Forward to Being a Burden on My Children
According to a 2023 survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, about 28% of people 65 and older live by themselves…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Eating Pets in Springfield
“A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Killing Us Softly with Obnoxious Vehicles
If you drive in America, the chances are that 1-in-75 of all the people in the cars around you on the road will be killed by a car — probably, by someone else’s car…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Money Can’t Buy Me Love
Ms. McArdle did some research into the attempts by various government and non-profit entities to solve the poverty problem…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Marriage is Dead, Long Live Marriage
In preparation of today’s column, I spent much of the weekend reading ‘Getting Married’ by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Plastic We Release into the World
I’ve been keeping track, and I can state with considerable confidence that I don’t generate more than half a pound of plastic waste per day…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Presidential Debate, as Standup Comedy
“World leaders are laughing at Donald Trump,” said Vice President Harris, during a skit about foreign policy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How to Price Your Vote Correctly
If someone steals 11,000 votes (which might have happened in Georgia in 2020, for example) what is the monetary value of those votes?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Texting With My Therapist
Mental Health is big business lately, what with so many borderline insane people running around…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Do Crickets Report the Temperature Accurately?
Claim: Outdoor temperature can be determined by counting the chirps made by crickets…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Save the Wild Turkeys
Small herds of turkeys. They’re a lot like human teenagers; they like to travel in groups. Except they don’t have cell phones…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Poetry Will Not Save Us
When I was in elementary school, I got the impression that poetry was supposed to rhyme. But in high school, I learned that rhyming was rather old fashioned…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ghost of Henry Ford
I once owned a Ford — an F-150 pickup truck — but that has no bearing, really, on my political issues with Henry Ford…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Losing His Mojo
According to the dictionary, ‘mojo’ can mean a magic charm or amulet, typically worn around the neck…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Remote Workers Are Lonely
Returning to the office isn’t the solution, for a simple reason. The office no longer exists…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Harris Wins 99% Approval Rating at the Convention
79 delegates didn’t vote at all. Maybe they were on vacation, or in the hospital, or simply in a bad mood…