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SPIDER Blog
- by Robert Berning
If you listen to or watch the news these days and believe what you see and hear, you’d think the most important thing in the country is which political party is in power. Amid the... Read More
The number of ‘homeless’ in the US has ballooned in the last few years as many of them have taken up living in ‘tent cities’ on the streets. At the same time our immigration numbers... Read More
Most everyone is aware of Garrison Keillor, an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. In a change of pace, I offer a recent offering by this ‘celebrity’ that I think you’ll find,... Read More
In January of this year, in speaking to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, former Vice President Al Gore gave an 'impassioned’ speech about climate change. The self-appointed eco-warrior warned the group assembled about... Read More
This ruling has been noted and forgotten by the mainstream media. U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty, Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, ruled... Read More
If you watched or read the news last month, you couldn’t miss some story about “Pride Month.” It was everywhere- all the time. Most of the stories were about a particular event – like the... Read More
Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers believed only educated citizens could make the American experiment in self-government succeed. He and John Adams proposed a system of broad, free, public education that was radical in the... Read More
In 2019 we were again told the world would end in 12 years and we must spend whatever it takes to prevent that from happening. If you believe that global warming is the equivalent of... Read More
Ridership on the NYC subway currently stands at 65% of pre-pandemic levels. And while the numbers of people have increased in the last 2 years, it remains a fraction of what it used to be.... Read More
In seeing an ad for portable generators the other day got me to thinking about how those generators would not be powered after 2050. Which got me thinking even more about what it will cost... Read More
