The 50-Year Itch

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: In addition to being the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, today also marks a milestone for Deprogramming101. Today’s post is the 1,000th entry on this site going back to October 2015. As always, thank you for your interest and support for this effort.] One activity authorized by the … Read more

A-I-A-I–OH?

Last night, I was introduced to CLAUDE.AI. The recommendation came from an individual well-versed in artificial intelligence who explained how she uses it and why I should consider it a tool to support of my own writing. I immediately pushed back. After a quarter century of research and instruction about the creative process, I questioned … Read more

Free At Last

When we allow freedom to ring—when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing … Read more

To Be Clear

How ironic is it that acting attorney general Todd Blanche wants to prosecute a former FBI director for supposedly using a coded message “8647” to encourage the assassination of a U.S. president? Especially, when a July 1, 2025 Vanity Fair article by Sam Tanenhaus suggests, “The most accurate model for understanding the transactional tough guy … Read more

Prove It!

From the depths of the Atlantic to the disastrously melting icecaps of the Arctic, the commitment and expertise of the United States Armed Forces and its allies lie at the heart of NATO, pledged to each other’s defense, protecting our citizens and interests, keeping North Americans and Europeans safe from our common adversaries. The U.S. … Read more