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  • Garden or Graveyard: What Will Be Our Legacy?

    Garden or Graveyard: What Will Be Our Legacy?0

    This morning I came across the following quote by Ray Bradbury while looking for his observation: “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Bradbury says: Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a

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  • Gandhi’s Warm Letter to Hitler

    Gandhi’s Warm Letter to Hitler0

    It’s safe to say that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is one of the most revered figures of the twentieth century. His method of patient, peaceful resistance to British colonial rule proved both wise and effective. He said many beautiful things, demonstrated powerful discipline, and was a deeply spiritual man. The full picture of Gandhi goes beyond

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  • Gamers: What major war came before World War II?

    Gamers: What major war came before World War II?0

    EA Studios, the company behind the Battlefield, first-person-shooter series, recently announced that it almost pulled the plug on Battlefield I, a game set in World War I, that will be released in the fall of 2016. Why? Because the executives were worried that the younger gamers wouldn’t know there was a World War I. GameRant

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  • Gallup: Popularity of Electoral College Surges to Historic High

    Gallup: Popularity of Electoral College Surges to Historic High0

    Via Gallup: Americans’ support for keeping the Electoral College system for electing presidents has increased sharply. Weeks after the 2016 election, 47% of Americans say they want to keep the Electoral College, while 49% say they want to amend the Constitution to allow for a popular vote for president. In the past, a clear majority

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  • Gallup: Americans abandoning political parties

    Gallup: Americans abandoning political parties0

    Gallup released a poll on January 11, 2016 reporting that the percentage of Americans identifying with political parties is near historical lows. Here’s what Gallup had to say: “In 2015, for the fifth consecutive year, at least four in 10 U.S. adults identified as political independents. The 42% identifying as independents in 2015 was down

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  • Gallup: 81% Don’t Think Americans Have Good Moral Values

    Gallup: 81% Don’t Think Americans Have Good Moral Values0

    In recent days, Gallup has released a variety of assessments on the state of religion and morality in America. The chart below is one such example. Although framed in a positive light – that a majority of Americans believe religion is a potential answer to the problems we face as a nation – that number

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