This Week’s Independent Thinker
Singapore is an island-city-state that has suddenly taken the world’s longevity trophy. People in Singapore are living to an average of mid-80s.
Singapore is #1...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Yangtze finless porpoises, a cousin of dolphins and whales, are so endangered that there are fewer than 600 left. Anywhere. The porpoises live in...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
It’s rich. Deep. Fragrant. Lively. Necessary. Ahh, coffee. Some people have never put a cup of coffee to their lips, but more than 1,000,000,000...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
The most popular column in our paper, far and away, is Indy Soul, a listing of live music for the coming week. Locals love...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
The mystery of life is we have no idea what’s next.
Play like you lived thousands of years ago on a high plain...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
There will never be a shortage of independent humans and dogs to write about, so let’s shake it up and learn about an artichoke...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
First of all, they’re in a zoo. Second of all, there was an earthquake.
What’s a mother to do?
On Monday, a 5.2 quake hit southern...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Ever hear of Joseph Gayetty? In 1857, he invented commercial toilet paper, made of hemp.
We all learned during the pandemic how dear this one...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
We’ve been taught since we were knee-high to a hedgehopper (thank you, Eureka Springs third graders) that people around us who laugh are more...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Ernesto Rodriguez answers his phone. Yikes! He’s real!
He lives on Catalina Island off the southern California coast, is a former psychologist, and took a...