Author: astarthoraolcom

Today was a particularly melancholy day in Kentucky. The gunmetal skies hung low and heavy, with winds that howled and rattled the windows, gusting to 40 miles an hour. After yesterday’s cautiously optimistic news suggesting my wife’s recent cancer treatment was finally showing results—her bloodwork numbers improving for the first time in months—we both just…

Well, last evening we were treated to a one hour and 47 minute speech, the President’s face glowing orange-pink under the harsh lights, his voice rising and falling across that cavernous chamber. His words bounced between moments of startling clarity and fabrication—which as any weathered independent like myself can tell you, is the political tradition…

I have been a dog owner all my life, and there are few things I have treasured more than my canine companions. After my coal-black lab Prince—with his velvet ears and graying muzzle—passed away last year, I am now a 73-year-old man with just one little companion: a little bug-eyed chihuahua named Poppy who weighs…

Just last month, I posted the truth with data links to crime and inflation statistics which currently indicate meaningful declines in both. Within hours, my inbox overflowed with triumphant messages from my red-hat-wearing readers, their comments practically glowing with self-satisfaction as they explained how their party’s iron grip on the House, Senate, and that big…

I’ve wrestled with this long article for weeks, and I hope my family actually takes the time to read this one. (HaHa) My commitment to truth—that seventy year old stubborn beacon that guides me—finally drove me to an unsettling conclusion. What follows is the complete account of my research and discoveries, regardless of whose toes…

As the title suggests, here are some cold hard truths you can deposit directly into your mental bank account. Why? Because numerical data stands before us like a mountain of irrefutable evidence, that even the most stubborn skeptics should recognize. My Truth comments of course range from silly myths to very important subjects that seem…

I started thinking about creating articles that would cut through the fog of today’s headlines like a lighthouse beam—illuminating the jagged rocks of misinformation that shipwreck public discourse. As my fingers hovered over the keyboard, poised to unleash a torrent of personal grievances, I caught myself violating my cardinal rule: facts and data over opinions…

I spent much of my life talking about variation and trying to help people understand why it was important. After all, if you don’t understand it how will you help your children or future generations understand it. So today I offer some simple teaching advice that ranges from something as inconsequential as football to something…