Tag Archives: building

What every parent knows (and Target doesn’t) about boys and girls

G.K. Chesterton, a prolific writer of the early 20th century, once said, “Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” Nowhere is this mantra more evident than with the latest news about Target’s gender-neutral policy. The retail giant has…

‘Wishful Thinking’: Obama’s ex-military intel chief blasts Iran talks in scathing testimony

A former top military intelligence official under President Obama on Wednesday blasted the administration’s pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, calling it a “placeholder” based on “wishful thinking.” Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence…

Penn State students are building a moon lander for Google’s Lunar X Prize

Gretchen Buttorf, an Aerospace Engineering junior at Penn St., tests a student-designed rocket engine test rig for the Lunar Lion moonlander. (Penn State) Forget ‘rithmetic. For these students, it’s reading, writing and robotic moon landing. In their free time, most…

The 2014 alternative CES awards

There’s gizmos and there’s gadgets — and then there’s this. Here’s a few of the strangest things we’ve seen or expect to deal with at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show — including some high lights, some low lights and a…

The golden ratio: Secret to a perfect body

In my last article, I laid out what I consider to be five of the best strategies for building the ultimate male physique, which really is a discussion about developing a body that others consider “sexy,” for lack of a…

I’m a Tea Party Activist and ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Is No Tea Party

In a recent Washington Post article, Occupy Wall Street protestors were called a diverse group with “no single leader and no organized agenda. Just like the tea party movement. Organizers are “drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring” and “hope the…