David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Now, Another Sloppy Timeout Tram Piece… Who Pushed This?
Timeout’s Tram article reads like a travel brochure for a slow ride with safety issues, leaving locals questioning the ‘magical’ truth. Cheese, anyone?
New Videos Contradict NYPD Account of Lead-Up to Times Square Attack on Cops
Police said Yohenry Brito was disobeying a lawful order to disperse when an officer tried to arrest him, triggering a melee with nearly a dozen men. But footage released today shows he was walking away. By Gwynne Hogan Feb 8…
Why Are We Crying Out Loud About Crime Rates Now?
Though crime rates in the United States have been declining steadily since the 1990s, a recent Gallup Poll revealed that most Americans believe crime is increasing. This misconception stems from several factors. But local and national news shows and newspapers…
Big bad Fox News is no giant, more like a pipsqueak
Reading reports on television network viewership of the first night of the January 6th Committee hearings, I was reminded again. And again, I shook my head because Fox News’s impact is so minuscule relative to the reporting on it, it…
Happiness Mania Soars But Explodes Upon Entering Reality
Happiness mania, based on the idea that “Everybody oughta be happy, so let’s fix ’em” hit apogee recently, then broke open like a piñata. It was bound to happen. Reality does not welcome nonsense with open arms or even a…
The New York Times Is Racist. Why Is Everyone So Silent?
Openly racist, the New York Times gets away with it for unknown reasons, but the poison of racism in their local reporting stands out. The puzzling thing, though, is why otherwise responsible columnists remain silent. by David Stone The Roosevelt…
The New York Times call it “…the weakest report of the year.”
The relentlessly negative New York Times gravely called December 2021’s monthly jobs report “the weakest report of the year.” But was it? Until the third paragraph, they never tell you that the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, generally considered full…
What Are The Three Dumbest Ideas About Extraterrestrials And UFOs?
The dumbest ideas about extraterrestrials are so baldly stupid, they generally pass by without notice. Press and television reports always miss them, but as you’ll see, they’re really obvious. By David Stone Dumbest Ideas About Extraterrestrials and UFOs: Item #1…
The so-called experts strike again with a boost from the New York Times
In an op-ed in the New York Times, “Tasmanian Tiger Is Extinct. Why Do People Keep Seeing Them,” the so-called experts strike again. Scientists engage their inner know-it-all, and mass media helps them along.
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock
President Joe Biden’s US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan moved steadily through a series of crucial votes in the House and Senate. Its progress toward passage was part of a process known as “reconciliation,” which would allow Democrats to enact the…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor