Dave Essentials

Things worth thinking

I Can Now Make Coffee Better Than Any Café

Here's all you need to know to make a great cup of coffee at home.

I Think I'm Getting Too Serious

Not being able to enjoy whimsy is a danger sign.

The Long, Long Road to Defeating Racism

There are no "good" reasons for being racist. Let us celebrate our latest judicial win against this evil practice.

You Need Two Things To Create Wealth

Debunking the two-earner income myth

Print-on-Demand Ballots Are a Process Error

Maricopa, AZ finds that local ballot printing is too fragile for elections.

When To Stop the Music Lessons

Learning to read music is good, but how much is too much?

Just Get Me Past That First Sentence

"Diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon ..."

Dear President-Elect DeSantis

Make the federal government competent again.

Overcoming Mass Fear

"Sometimes God calms the storm, and sometimes He calms the sailor."

How to Talk About Abortion (and Other Difficult Things)

Tips for making it worthwhile

Lest We Forget: The Lockdown Suite

Some things can only be said with music.

Separation of Sex and State

The FL Parental Rights bill puts parents back in charge of students' personal health

Freedom By Example

To be free is to live free.

If You Can't Take the Heat ...

Maybe cancel culture isn't about politics so much as not knowing how to argue well.

Google Can Sway Close Elections

Google's unbound, private monopoly on search and advertising give it unparalleled influence over close elections.

Timing Is Everything ...

Does using a metronome take the soul out of music or just the opposite?

President Trump's Worst Instinct

Trump's worst instinct about "winning" disqualifies him from office.

OK, So We Don't Want Trump OR Biden

Can't anybody here play this game?

Bad Government Is Forever

When government makes a mistake, it is essentially permanent.

The "Woke Revolution" Is An Opportunity for the Church

The woke revolution is far from over, and that presents a golden opportunity for the church to witness.

Sunday Reflections: Film Noir

We really are made in His image, we really can see and experience everything that exists between good and evil, and there aren't a lot of limits on that.

Matrix Resurrections Movie Review

Systematically replace everything iconic done by a male character in the first two movies with the exact same thing being done by a female, trans, or gay character -- only don't use Alphas as the replacements, use Betas. The End.

If A Virus Is Like A Pattern-Matching Algorithm...

Then inoculating everyone with the same vaccine is training it to ignore the vaccine.

Gentlemen, My Advice is: Marry Well

I'd like to share one way my life has been vastly improved by marrying well: I live in beautiful spaces.

Political Correctness in Higher Education, by the Numbers

Selected statistics from "The Second Great Age of Political Correctness".