The Blaisdell Blog

  It seems that Tucker Carlson is sure that what ails America is a lack of testosterone on the part of our males.   He is also convinced that we could “man up” by applying some sun to the male genitalia.   Carlson, never an original thinker, is simply reviving the concept of perineum sunning which became popular a few years back.   Before any of you men out there become seriously sunburned in your nether regions, I would like you to get the big picture here.   Actually, a big picture may not be what any of us want.   It boggles the mind.   No, we definitely do not want the big—really big—panoramic—full technicolor--picture.   Especially if it involves Tucker.   But I digress. Now there are several things about perineum sunning that need explaining, and one that escapes explanation entirely.   First, there is the question of Tucker himself.   This unfolding story convinces me that while this man’s bank account may be in seven...

  A little over one hundred years ago, on April 15 th , the RMS Titanic, an “unsinkable” ship went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, taking 1500 people to their deaths.    The ship was built to be the final word in luxury and modern opulence.   Yet, like all the luxury liners of the day, she was designed to make her real money in transporting hundreds of immigrants in steerage class.   Catering to the wealthy, the Titanic sought to muscle through on style and hubris instead of substance and careful planning.   It didn’t work.   Four days into the crossing and 600 miles south of Newfoundland, the Titanic hit an iceberg, flooding five of its sixteen “watertight” compartments.   The supposedly unsinkable ship went down in two and a half hours.   Most of those who perished did not drown but died of hypothermia in the freezing water.   A few miles from the Titanic, and in a good position to save most, if not all, of the passengers, was...