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Published 2:35 pm Thursday, November 5, 2015

Archaeology ain’t brain surgery: Republican presidential front-runner (sorry, Donald) Ben Carson on Thursday stood by his belief that Egypt’s great pyramids were built by the Biblical figure Joseph to store grain.

Somebody needs to tell Dr. Carson that Erich (“Chariots of the Gods”) von Däniken is a Swiss citizen and therefore ineligible to serve as his chief science adviser.

Read my lips: In a new biography, former President George H.W. Bush finally shares his views on his eldest son’s administration, calling Vice President Dick Cheney an “iron ass”.

The Buzz thanks former President Bush 41 for his heroism in World War II, decades of service to America, and single-handedly restoring “iron ass” to its rightful place in the lexicon of American profanity.

Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Twenty-four pint-size chefs compete in “MasterChef Junior,” premiering tonight on Fox.

The kids will learn culinary technique, working as part of a team, and that when judge Gordon Ramsay calls one of them a “gormless numpty,” it’s not a compliment.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff