Month: December 2011
Mainstream media dumbs-down Americans
If ignorance is truly bliss, then many American news media outlets are helping to ensure we have one big, happy country. The long-running joke has been how Fox News is a dumbed-down source of information, yet many other outlets have been consistently following suit. The Fox joke, by the way, has a basis in reality.…
Give back to America for the holidays: Help pay off national debt
Giving to Toys for Tots, donating funds to fix a child’s cleft lip and sponsoring an aye-aye lemur in Madagascar are noble ways to celebrate the holidays indeed, but we here in America have a duty to give back in a patriotic way. We can help pay off the national debt. Soaring to more than…
What NOT to name your kid in 2012: Most popular baby names 2011 and names likely to turn kids into criminals
An original thought can be tough to come by, as can an original name. The latter is constantly evidenced by folks who name their dogs two of the most popular monikers of Max and Sassy. Or parents who name their kids Emma. Emma tops the recently released list of the most popular baby names for…