Can I start a column that way? Confessing that the article, written by Amelia Tait, made me feel depressed?…
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: A Quick Tour of the Manosphere
Yes, I’m a man. And I was born a man, which is something not everyone can claim…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Securing the Border, If You Don’t Mind
I have to assume that someone accidentally told the President that Jeff Hurd was a RINO, and the President later got better information…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Modern Music
On September 7, 2016, Billboard magazine named “One Dance” the 2016 Song of the Summer. I honestly do not remember much about the summer of 2016…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Close to You
“We were not always friends. We were not always aligned. But those differences actually helped us out…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: This I Believe
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Putting the ‘Hope’ Back in ‘Hopelessness’
In the midst of a seemingly hopeless search for life’s meaning, I came across the following 13-minute-long TED Talk video…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Wanton Destruction of CBS Property, for Your Entertainment
You could invite the previous host of the “Late Night” show — David Letterman — to join you atop the Ed Sullivan Theatre, and throw furniture off the roof…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know, But I Think I Do
This topic came to my attention when I came across a scientific paper titled, “The misunderstood limits of folk science…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: When the News is Less Like Homework…
I never actually felt that reading the news, or watching the news, was “like homework”. I would describe it more like “therapy”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Honey, I Shrunk the Economy!
It could be worse, of course. I could have invented a machine that accidentally shrunk my kids, like in the 1989 Disney movie….
READY, FIRE, AIM: We’re Either Gonna Die Really Soon, or Live Practically Forever
A number of years ago, an Oxford philosophy professor named Nick Bostrom published a book titled, “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Wanted, a Marriage Counselor for the Colorado River
Reportedly, the Colorado River negotiations have not been going as smoothly as everyone wishes…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Also Known as ‘UFOs’
“I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Tax the Rich… So We Don’t Have to Eat Them
If I were rich, I would much prefer to be taxed rather than eaten. But I might not have a choice?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Nothing to Do But Waste Our Lives Away
If we want to believe government statistics — and that’s a big “IF” of course — things have changed in America, in terms of labor force participation…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Bicycles in Our Fast-Moving Future
Not only are bicycles getting electrified, but bicycle riding is also becoming more and more dangerous…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Selfish, Loathsome and Mediocre
If I had been born a year later, in ’65, I could have agreed with him…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Shoulda Been a Therapist
Unfortunately, nothing is perfectly clear in this reality we live in. A video posted online shows Mr. Carlson actually saying: “Could this be the Antichrist?”…