June 5, 2025

NewsGuard Giving Us a Reality Check

A large percentage of information on social media is made up and intentionally misleading. It is blended in with real news to confuse people and often spreads very quickly. I want to give a shout-out to the timely service provided by NewsGuard. With more disinformation out in the social media world than ever, people need an unbiased resource that can identify what is true. For a startling wake up call, also read their associated book: "The Death of Truth." I will talk more about their services and what they detailed in the book.

The NewsGuard team rates many news sources for reliability. An example (in comparison, Reuters has a Trust Score of 100-

Websites that NewsGuard has found to frequently publish false claims about U.S. politics, including Liberty Beacon (NewsGuard Trust Score: 12.5/100) and 100PercentFedUp.com (Trust Score: 0/100), also posted articles advancing the claim.

Book Details

NewsGuard website

Dinosaurs and the Founding Fathers

I read something interesting a while back in the New Yorker. At the time of our founding, people did not understand that species had become extinct over time. They could not imagine such a concept. They thought the animals were still in existence - …

George Washington and the attributes of a President

Tom Nichols, who taught at the U.S. Naval War College, wrote a brilliant article in the Atlantic back in October. I will work from memory here, but it made a huge impact on me. When the Founding Fathers were getting this country started, they …