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Last Week's Question:Back in 1816 Mainers endured the famous "year without a summer", which reportedly included a frost on the 4th of July! What caused "the year without a summer"? No one knows, it was just "weather" The eruption of a volcano in the south Pacific...
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Last week's question: There are about 1.3 million Maine residents. How much did the State spend per resident last year? (Remember, you pay your real estate taxes to the town. So, these dollars are not part of the pot of money the State gets to spend.) A. About $2,000...
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Last week's question: The TESLA Powerwall is considered state-of-the-art technology. How much energy can one, 250 pound, Powerwall battery store? About the same number of BTUs as in a Die Hard car battery About the same number of BTUs as is in 50 gallons of home...
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Last Week's Question: Three years ago, when Maine was gripped by COVID hysteria, Gov. Mill issued her infamous mask mandate. During the week preceding her mask order, the Maine CDC reported 166 cases of COVID in Maine. Now politicians and media have declared that "the...
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Last Week's question: In the context of pharmaceutical drugs, what does "NNT" stand for? Non Normal Testing (procedure) Number Needed to Treat Normal Number Tested "N" Number Trials Normal Number Treated The answer is "B": NNT stands for Number Needed to Treat to...
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Last week's Question:What percent of the World's population lives in the United States?A. 45% B. 25% C. 10% D. 7% E. 5% F. Less than 5% The answer is "F". The population of the USA constitutes just a little over 4% of the World's population. Americans tend to behave...
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Last Week's Question: Which oak tree is the most common in Maine?A. Red oakB. Black oakC. Scarlet oakD. White oakE. Bur oakF. Swamp oak The answer is "A" - Red oak is by far the most common tree overall. However, in and around Penobscot valley there are a lot of Bur...
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Here is answer to last week's question: Charles Lindbergh is a famous American. Which one of these statements is true? (yup, only one is a true statement)A. He invented Lindberger cheese.B. He was the first person to fly non stop across the Atlantic OceanC. He...
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Last week's question: According to the Energy Information Agency, what percentage of the electricity generated in the USA during 2022 was by generated by solar voltaic panels? The answer is only 3.4% of the electricity generated during 2022 came from solar. SIXTY...
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Why the CIA No Longer Works—and How to Fix It
The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on October 3, 2023, during a conference on “U.S. Intelligence: History and Controversies.” We need the CIA, but we also need to recognize the uncomfortable reality that the CIA is not performing at the level we require. It is not keeping us safe. It
Inside the Transgender Empire
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on September 12, 2023, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize
