Estimates Show Slowest Growth on Record for the Nation’s Population

Estimates Show Slowest Growth on Record for the Nation’s Population

Washington, DC…According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2021 national and state population estimates and components of change released today, the population of the United States grew in the past year by 392,665, or 0.1%, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding. The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, […]

Bits of Wisdom from Branch Rickey on His Birthday

Bits of Wisdom from Branch Rickey on His Birthday

“Luck is the residue of design.” Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965 “Problems are the price you pay for progress.” Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965 “Never surrender opportunity for security.” Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965 “The man with the ball is responsible for what […]

Bits of Wisdom from Arthur C. Clarke

Bits of Wisdom from Arthur C. Clarke

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008 “The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008

Bits of Wisdom from William C. Durant

Bits of Wisdom from William C. Durant

“The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.” ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947 “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 […]

Cleveland Clinic Research Shows Drug in Viagra Reduced Likelihood of Developing Alzheimer’s By 69%

Cleveland Clinic Research Shows Drug in Viagra Reduced Likelihood of Developing Alzheimer’s By 69%

Cleveland, OH…..A new Cleveland Clinic-led study has identified sildenafil – an FDA-approved therapy for erectile dysfunction (Viagra) and pulmonary hypertension (Revatio) – as a promising drug candidate to help prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. According to findings published in Nature Aging, the research team, led by Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute, used computational methodology to […]

WWII Veteran, Senator & Presidential Candidate Robert Joseph Dole 1923 – 2021

WWII Veteran, Senator & Presidential Candidate Robert Joseph Dole 1923 – 2021

Washington, Dc…From the Elizabeth Dole Foundation…”It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years. More information coming soon.” A bit more from Wikipedia…”Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, […]

A Bit of Wisdom from Churchill on the Journey

A Bit of Wisdom from Churchill on the Journey

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” ~ Sir Winston Leonard […]

A Bit of Wisdom from C.S. Lewis on his Birthday

A Bit of Wisdom from C.S. Lewis on his Birthday

“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” ~ C. S. Lewis, 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963

Young Grey Wolf OR93 from Oregon Struck & Killed by Vehicle on I-5 In Kern County

Young Grey Wolf OR93 from Oregon Struck & Killed by Vehicle on I-5 In Kern County

Lebec, CA…On November 10, OR93 was found dead near Interstate 5 near the town of Lebec, California. Following a full investigation and necropsy, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has determined that the wolf died from trauma consistent with vehicular strike and does not suspect foul play. On the afternoon of November 10, […]

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