Clearing the Tabs April 15, 2022

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on April 15. And note that just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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April 1
The Continuing Importance of Thomas Sowell

April 4
Saving America from Planet-Threatening Fossil Fuels?

When the Arc of History Bends Back Toward the Dark Ages

April 5
Making Beethoven Woke
Revisionist performances of classic works deconstruct our precious links to the past.

April 7
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
Stop wielding your values as a weapon and start offering them as a gift.

April 10
Pennsylvania's dramatic shift rightward is a warning sign for both parties about

April 11
Tulane and UCF Pace American, ECU Not Far Behind

The Metaverse Isn’t Real Yet but It’s Already Really Lucrative
And it’s going to be real, and vast, much sooner that you might think.

America Is Headed for Class Warfare

Transit Ridership 53.8% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

April 12
Texas is the future
California can't compete with a new American Dream

Red Dusk
Xi Jinping’s China faces challenges of its own.

April 13
California's Vanished Dream, by the Numbers

April 14
Macomb County GOP ousts party leaders stuck re-litigating Trump's 2020 loss

Sports Are Great Because They’re Pointless
The most trivial things can build the strongest relationships.

Making Houston Sports Radio A Better Place

Former NFL quarterback, Sean Salisbury, started a new sports talk radio show in Houston yesterday. I had a radio on and I was working at my desk, so I just listened while I worked.

I was bothered by the way Salisbury was giving out the phone number. The station is AM 790, and every other host for as long as I have tuned in to the station would pronounce the last four numbers of the phone number as 5-790. Well, on Salisbury's first day, he kept saying it as 57-90, which defeats the purpose of having the number that way, and it sounds weird. So, I let the first hour of the show go by while I worked, figuring someone else would alert Salisbury to this terrible error. However, into the second hour of the show, I had had all I could take. So I tweeted to Salisbury during the commercial break. When he came back from break, he acknowledged my tweet, and corrected his ways. I might listen to day two to see if he sticks with it.

I have helped to make the world and journalism a better place by placing the show audio here for your enjoyment. The complete show is on Spreaker and you can listen below. I have also included my tweet and Salisbury's response at the bottom. Let me know if you have any questions.

Listen to "SeanSalisburyShow-7-9-18" on Spreaker.

You can hear the phone number being given out incorrectly at these points, among others:

25:25
44:23
56:34 here the phone number was given correctly by the co-host
67:35

Then, the magic happens:

68:13 you can hear Salisbury refer to the tweet from me (see below)
68:20 Salisbury gives the phone number out correctly

Oh my bad lol. Want even paying attention

— Sean Salisbury (@SeanUnfiltered) July 9, 2018

Ditch the Man Cave; Bring Back the Study

I saw this online and it registered with me because I could not agree more. Ditch the man cave with jerseys and junk and video game consoles. Bring back the study with bookshelves and books and good music.

San Antonio Spurs: Champions

To all sports fans in general and NBA fans specifically, you're welcome. On behalf of all of you, I accept your thanks for my San Antonio Spurs putting a stop to most over-hyped, under-achieving trio in the history of sports.