by Kevin Burton Lullabies or otherwise, sing to your baby. It’s good for all involved. That’s the finding of a team of scientists who conducted a recent study. This should be no surprise to anyone. Adding music to just about any setting improves the mood and atmosphere. And who knows, you parents …
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Canada: So Close, So Livable, Why Not?
by Kevin Burton Americans alarmed and disgusted by extreme left-wing and right-wing elements destroying their country bit by bit, can look north to a quite agreeable landing spot. We posted part of a BBC story, stating that Mexico is the favorite location for expatriates (“Survey Names Mexico best Location For Expats,” Sept. 16). …
How Horse Logic Rules The Whole World
by Kevin Burton You have to wonder sometimes, why things are the way they are. Who exactly is running the asylum? Not sure who first came up with the quip that status quo is Latin for “the mess we’s in.” Later in life I have learned to not ask certain things. If …
In Today’s America You Have To Pay Attention
by Kevin Burton Gonna make myself a sign, and I’ll tell you why. First, by way of explanation, a bit from my coaching days. When I began coaching the Wichita Sonics beep baseball team, I adopted the three rules that the late John Madden, the old Oakland Raiders coach, had for his …
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Any Day, Anytime, Anyplace
by Kevin Burton You pays your money, you takes your chances. If we’re being honest, is that not a suitable tagline for the post-national United States? Isn’t that phrase a lot more indicative of the American experience than say “land of the free, home of the brave?” Now that phrase is …
Church Attendance Declining In United States
by Kevin Burton Church attendance is down, way down, in the USA, reports the British newspaper The Guardian, citing two main reasons. The worldwide Covid pandemic is the first, understandable reason. For a while there, few people were going anywhere. The second reason is more troubling: Americans are giving up on Christianity. …
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Yay, Comma, Football Is Back, Period
by Kevin Burton Remember the interjection song from Schoolhouse Rock? The song says interjections are “generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, or by a comma when the feeling’s not as strong.” Well I was feeling pretty sheepish about this, but I said the sentence “Yay! Football is back” …
IPC Pressured Into Doing The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton The International Paralympic Committee on Thursday bowed to growing pressures and banned athletes from Russia and Belarus from the Paralympic Games, according to the Associated Press. This reversed a decision announced Wednesday that athletes from the two countries would compete as “neutrals,” competing under the Paralympic flag and not being …
Scholar: Prepare For American Civil War
by Kevin Burton Yesterday we heard some thoughts from Stephen Marche, a Canadian writer and commentator, on the turmoil in the United States (“How Is Canada Reacting To US Implosion,” Feb. 18). Marche looked forward, but spent a lot of time looking back, to George Washington’s farewell address after his second presidential term. …
How Is Canada Reacting To US Implosion?
by Kevin Burton Today, the thoughts of a Canadian novelist and cultural commentator on the political and societal turmoil in the United States. With much of the current commentary skewed either too far left or right to be believable, I thought it good to hear from a near neighbor. As a Canadian, Stephen …
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