Random Articles
The commencement address you didn’t get to hear this year — YET
(Copyright) by Curtis Dahlgren (Stephenson, Michigan)  “Welcome to the real world.” — someone once said EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY YOU ENTERED 4-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTEN, you have been given the impression that you are the world’s Hope for the Future. HA! You guys have been told that you are the most intelligent, the best-educated — the most highly evolved — generation in American history. WHAT A CROCK! What would your teachers know about American history? They’ve never heard of such a thing. You guys wouldn’t even be able to pass an eighth-grade graduation test from a one-room country school in the 1880s! Half […]
Wonder of the Human Ear – How Do We Hear?
(Copyright) by David Rives (Lewisburg, Tennessee)  Have you ever wondered how you can hear my voice, or any other sound? Our sensitive ears can pick up the faint whisper of the breeze, the buzz of a bee’s wings, or the patter of rain on a puddle. These same ears can withstand music blaring in our headphones, a baby screaming, or a car back-firing. How is this possible? Well, here’s the short, simplistic version of how your ears work. Sound travels on sound waves. These waves are collected by the outer ear and travel down the ear canal to the eardrum causing […]