What is a Black Hole? A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Formed from the collapse of massive stars or as part of the evolution of galaxies, black holes are characterized by an event horizon, the boundary beyond which anything that crosses…
Author: Dennis Robbins
Beyond the Big Bang: Exploring the Genesis of the Cosmos
The following was posted on Facebook on December 18, 2024, by Hashem Al-Ghaili: James Webb confirms there’s something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe: In a striking discovery, James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the universe is expanding at varying rates depending on the observation point, which challenges our current…
Harvard Law School’s Enrollment Puzzle: It’s Not Just About the Supreme Court
Mike LaChance, Legal Insurrection: Harvard Law Enrolls Fewer Black Students After SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action The racial bean counters on the left are deeply distressed by this news. A year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, the law schools at both universities named as defendants—Harvard University and the…
A Historical Review: Lights, Camera, Agitation – The January 6th Committee’s Propaganda Play
Ladies and Gentlemen, brace yourselves for a tale, not of democracy in action but of Hollywood’s most audacious script yet: the January 6th Committee, a production so contrived it makes reality TV look like a documentary on quantum physics. Let’s start with the director of this farce, a former ABC News president, James Goldston. Yes,…
The Plastic Prayer: The False Gospel of Recycling
For decades, we’ve been fed a narrative, a commandment almost sacrosanct in its delivery: recycle. It’s been ingrained in us as a solution to save our planet from the plastic plague. We’ve been told that by sorting our trash, and separating our bottles and bags, we were doing our part in the holy war against…
The Countdown Begins: TikTok Faces U.S. Ban or Buyout by 2025
MRC FreeSpeech: Won’t Let Go? TikTok Hit with Latest Defeat Amid Impending Deadline Communist Chinese government-tied TikTok just lost yet another frantic appeal to halt federal legislation that could kill its American market success. The Chinese-owned app recently lost its case before a federal appeals court, which ruled that the ultimatum taking effect on Jan….
Scientology and Mormonism
Scientology and Mormonism share a pattern of secrecy regarding their more unconventional practices. Following are some highlights of comparisons and potential concerns: Graded Knowledge: In Scientology, the structure of belief revelation is notoriously tiered, where core tenets and esoteric knowledge are disclosed only after members have committed substantial financial resources. The Church of Scientology employs…
The January 6 Puzzle: Reassembling the Pieces Under Trump’s Watch
The conclusion was reached …. The narrative was adapted. American Oversight: Investigation – The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was meeting to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent and heavily armed mob of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed…
The Man Who Ate for Free: A Tale of Ingenuity and Airport Lounges
In 2014, a fascinating story emerged from Xi’an, China, that captured imaginations around the world for its blend of cunning, audacity, and a loophole in airline policies. An unnamed man from China executed what might be one of the most ingenious exploits in travel history, using a single first-class airline ticket to gain access to…
Intellectual Vanguard: Buckley’s Literary Contributions to American Conservatism
Bill of Rights Institute: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement William Frank Buckley Jr. was the preeminent voice of American conservatism in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was born in 1925 in New York City, the son of Josephine Steiner and William F. Buckley Sr., an oil developer and lawyer….