The Crowhill Journal

This is an encouraging story. Six schoolboys stranded on a desert island did not become horrible savages.

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

P&C drink and review 1634 Ale from Brewer’s Alley, a historic Maryland ale, then discuss kingship, and the divine right of kings.

The show starts with a Ben Franklin Players production about Charles II, then the boys riff off of that into issues about kings, succession, and what God has to do with it.

Pigweed reviews some of the historic issues surrounding Charles II and his succession, and how issues of competence didn’t matter as much as blood lineage and other weird things that don’t make much sense to modern people.

Pigweed and Crowhill celebrate mothers and Mother’s Day.

Mothers are nice to have around. They’re comforting and nurturing, and especially necessary for little children. From the moment a child is conceived, the child has a deep biological connection to mother. The child grows up hearing mother’s heartbeat, her voice, and literally living off her body.

As the child grows, his emotional control is regulated by the mother. He learns what to be scared of and what to trust by watching how mom reacts.

But unfortunately, motherhood has been politicized. Women are taught that being a mother is not a noble pursuit. They have to put career first, marriage and family maybe later. Children should be rushed off to daycare so women can become another cog in the industrial machine.

This morning I heard some clips of Joe Biden from two years ago. He sounded sharp and alert. I didn’t agree with what he was saying, of course, but he sounded like a man in full possession of his faculties.

We’ve all heard clips of him from the past few weeks and months. The man is deteriorating before our eyes. It’s ridiculously obvious, and it’s past time for somebody to end this.

It’s elder abuse to put this man out there as a candidate for president. He’s getting worse by the month, and if there are any debates this fall, …. Well. It will be very sad.

I don’t know if I have ever liked or agreed with Joe Biden, but it’s simply wrong to let him do this, and the party has to intervene.

There comes a time when you have to take the keys away from your father and tell him that he can’t drive anymore. It’s a hard thing to do, but it has to be done.

P&C drink and review Spruce Willis, from DuClaw, then discuss the state of journalism.

Sometimes journalists are simply ignorant. Other times they mix in opinion with the story. In fact, they do that most of the time.

Pigweed and Crowhill review a few recent egregious examples of journalistic malfeasance, like the way the press treated Kavanaugh vs. the way they’re treating Biden.

Later the boys get into science journalism, which is, if possible, even worse.