Articles Eyes on Pro-Life Indiana. After a viral story, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is engaging in political theatre to smear and intimidate a doctor for providing a legal and life saving abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim.
Articles Arming America (With Information) When it comes to gun laws, the power of rhetoric is greater than reason, but gun violence, like almost all problems, is a mathematical one and will require a more nuanced approach.
The Weekly The 100th Publishing In just over a year The Lorem Ipsum has published 100 articles and newsletters. Here's the mission of the publication along with something new.
The Weekly Party like it's 1969 Good morning friends, This week, we've been celebrating the rare milestone of going back in time. As you likely know, the Supreme Court has reversed a watershed ruling, turning the clocks back to 1973. I'm not sure I have ever known what it's like
Articles Burned at the Stake All life is precious. Unless you fall into these tough categories. We look at how men have put women in a tough position for generations, and are doing it again while repealing Roe.
Articles The Homesteader's Guide to Inflation When it comes to finances, it's easy to give advice. It's a lot harder to put that advice to good use, even when you're the holier than thou in the ivory financial advice tower. We all have to navigate the world of milk prices,
Articles In Defense of the Constitution It's easy to look at our national treasures as antiquated and irrelevant. I can understand why someone would believe such a thing if they're looking at the country through the lens of a single issue. When we do this, it leads people to devolve into activism
Articles When Domestic and Sexual Violence Becomes Entertainment Since the moment Amber Heard managed to convince us that pooping in a bed is a reasonable approach to revenge, we’ve been riveted. We’re engrossed like a king on his porcelain throne, deliberating as he issues his edict. I guess things have changed since the good ole days
The Weekly Activating The Queen's Gambit Hey Friends, Welcome to another week of this penned magniloquent nourishment. Consider this email the baby formula of the news, except there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of news at the moment. At least not yet. But as far as The Lorem Ipsum goes, if the real thing
Articles The Midterms and The Queen’s Gambit Not long ago, after bingeing the hit Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, I picked up a new chess board. It appears I’m in good company, because sales of chess boards doubled a few months after the release of the show, demonstrating how much influence pop culture television
The Weekly Doesn't have a podcast. This week, I didn’t launch a podcast. I received zero downloads and didn’t reach any levels on exactly no charts.
Articles Is the world getting better or worse? After a quick search through LinkedIn, and a cross check on Facebook, I’ve confirmed that I know exactly ten Debbies. I wouldn’t say that I’m a Debbie expert, and I’ve never done a formal Debbie audit, but I believe I can tell you from experience that
The Weekly One thing leaks to another. Hey Friends, I’m happy to report that I do not have to pay a water and gas bill through this entire summer. This all started with a shocking bill a while back. It was astronomically high on the water portion of the combined bills. The steep number became our
Articles Who Wins if Roe v Wade Falls? Unlike the toilet that ran for a year in an auxiliary bedroom without me paying much attention, this week’s leak doesn’t allow as much of a passive reaction. When it comes to abortion, Seinfeld's Elaine Benes already made it very clear, if you don’t share
The Weekly Holding my lawn in contempt Hey Friends, Here in the USA, GDPR shrank by 0.4% during this first quarter. Despite this fact, my lawn is having a bull market with double digit growth. Unfortunately, dandelions are up by a staggering 3%, a report that comes on the heels of me bending over to pick
Articles Ron’s Math Doesn’t Add Up Ron DeSantis says he is working to make education work for students but he’s getting it all wrong. Last week I dispensed a story of my experience learning how to build a grill. It’s all documented here, but to give you a brief summary, I was lamenting how
The Weekly I miss spelling Hey Friends, Good morning and welcome to a really great email if you like to find typos like Easter eggs. Sometimes they are obvious. Sometimes they are buried in the weeds. Regardless, they are always a treat. Except to me. I lose sleep when I discover I left behind a
