Author: Dr. Zar

This Just In! A couple of days ago, we reported on the mainstream media’s gloomy prediction of a potentially catastrophic snow storm striking North America on January 26-27, 2015. Yet, now such news reports as this one are slamming how Winter Storm Juno did not exactly live up to the “sky is falling” hype.  Even Wikipedia mentioned the “Forecasting controversy” in their article on the storm, with “A number of New York City residents criticized New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to shut down the city’s subway system for the first time ever due to snow.  The nor’easter dropped much less snow in…

A Brief History To our North American readers, please be safe this week as we our currently being slammed by an historic winter storm. Digging Deeper In Ashland, Ohio, where I live, I woke to about half a foot of snow on my driveway and spent an hour or so working the snow blower as my father drove the tractor with the snow plow blade on trying to clear our country driveway.  My morning class at Kent State University at Stark was also cancelled.  In fact, some 165 closings and delays occurred in Northeast Ohio alone this morning due to Winter Storm Juno, part…

This Just In! Twenty-one months ago, acclaimed video game series Rock Band released what was believed to be the last of its more than 3,000 downloadable (DLC) tracks: Don McLean’s “American Pie.”  The song, famous for concerning “the day the music died,” seemed apropos to the death of the major band simulation video game franchises Guitar Hero and Rock Band.  Yet, we are pleased to report that Harmonix has ended nearly two years of musical silence by reviving its former practice of offering fun songs to jam with your friends on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.  Read here for more information!…

A Brief History Dear Readers, As events in Paris, France unfold, this past week has been particularly tragic for free speech and journalists.  We mourn the loss of our fellow writers and fellow human beings and condemn any attack on free speech and on civilization in general. Digging Deeper Yet, we also do not want our spirits to be overwhelmed by sadness. And so, to bring a smile to our faces, in the two videos below, we also look back at the funniest media moments from this past year where hopefully the reporters were able to laugh at themselves as much as we…

A Brief History A few days ago, we featured an article hailing mixed martial artist Jon Jones for having cemented his position as greatest light heavyweight champion ever.   Digging Deeper Unfortunate news has come out on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, that he had tested positive for cocaine use in a pre-fight drug test (the results of which were only made public after the fight).  As can be read here, the MMA community is deeply disappointed by this news.  Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: The full consequences of this revelation are yet to be revealed, but we ask our…