This Week’s Independent Thinker
Every time we hear “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our country’s anthem, we wish it were “America the Beautiful.”
Then at last Wednesday’s inauguration of Joe Biden...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
The Grizzly Bear is California’s state animal. Its likeness is on the state flag and seal.
This is not about grizzly bears, but it happened...
This Week’s Independent Thinkers
Every Wednesday morning at 9:30, troubadors meet for an hour-long rehearsal starting with a group warm up where they get vocal spurring and learn...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Did you ever adopt a dog at the shelter? Name it, feed it, drive with it, let it sleep in the house, and finally,...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Anyone who’s read a newspaper or talked to another person in the past few years probably knows that plastic straws are a disaster, not...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
We always wish kids knew how much we love them, all of them. It’s because of their innocence, curiosity and spontaneity.
Anyone who’s read about...
This Week’s Independent Thinkers
We don’t have that many killer whales in the Ozarks, none would be the correct number, but women of the Ozarks share a phenomenon...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
‘Tis the eating season, and because of the holiday reputation of indulging in roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and gravy everywhere, we looked for something...
This Week’s Independent Thinkers
Psychological accessibility was not on our list of what we know about, but now we get it.
Playgrounds are for kids. Except in China, and...
This Week’s Independent Thinkers
Has anyone ever told you to go jump in the lake?
In Jeju, an island off South Korea, women who seem to have mermaid genes...