by Leif Jensen | Sep 13, 2021 | Rant |
“Most career criminals were losers, lazy men and women who lacked impulse control and who sometimes got lucky. Criminal Masterminds were for tv and books. Movies to probably” -Reed Farrel Coleman – Hangman’s Sonnet I struggle with the validity of this...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 8, 2021 | Rant |
I have written in the past of my enjoyment of Terry O’Reilly’s podcasts “Under the Influence” and “Age of Persuasion”. One Under the Influence podcast dealt with the shape of the packaging where he quoted: “Fast Company Magazine cites University of Toronto research,...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 23, 2021 | Rant |
We the United States are failing by every measure in public education. According to one study; federal, state, and local governments spend $720.9 billion, or $14,840 per pupil, to fund K-12 public education. This gets the US to 26th in Total scores, looking at...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 5, 2021 | Rant |
School districts around the country have banned dodgeball, according to Fox News, “researchers argue that there is a ‘hidden curriculum’ of dodgeball that reinforces the oppression of those ‘perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of...
by Leif Jensen | Jun 28, 2021 | Rant |
William Shakespeare wrote in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2 “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”. It is among Shakespeare’s most famous lines, as well as one of his most controversial. Counter to that has been a trend in law...
by Leif Jensen | May 25, 2021 | Rant |
There are surprising aspects of the ancient Viking life that affects our daily lives to this day, and most people may not even be aware. The most obvious impact is the days of the week. Tuesday is Try’s day, for the Viking God of War Wednesday is Wodin’s day or...