Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Whenever we stand on the threshold of a new year, we are tempted to forget the hazards of prophecy and try to see what may lie on the other side of this arbitrary division of time. Sometimes we are content to try to change ourselves with New Year’s resolutions to do better in some respect.
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Looks like the New York Times Paul Krugman has some new competition in the economic baboon championship. Last week, Ezra Klein of the Washington Post wrote, “The Federal Reserve Bank’s focus on keeping inflation below 2 percent...
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
“What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,” says Camille Paglia. According to the self-described “Amazon feminist:” Americans undervalue manual labor, schools neuter male students, opinion makers deny the biological differences between men and women, the...
Thursday, December 26th, 2013
Edward Snowden says he feels like a winner despite the espionage charges against him. Denying that he is a traitor, Snowden said that he’s “already won” because society has begun to address the issue of government surveillance....
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” in the hope of earning enough money to pay off a debt. Dickens was obsessed with debt. His father had been imprisoned for debt, and Dickens was taken out of school...
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Like many children, my parents told me that Santa Claus would bring me presents if I were a good little boy. According to the cartoons on TV, Santa Claus lived at the North Pole where he and...
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
In the past decade or so I’ve noticed more and more people referring to their discretionary consumer purchases as “investments.” “I decided to invest in a new couch.” “My newest investment is an xbox one.” “I thought...
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Up until a few days ago, I had no idea there was a Duck Dynasty on TV, or anywhere else. Then some guy with a scraggly beard started showing up in the news in the fiasco of...
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Huma Abedin has done nothing wrong. As far as I can tell, she hasn’t done anything at all. Who the heck is Huma Abedin? Well, a few people know her as one of Hilary Clinton’s staff, while...
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
It’s good to know that some American’s can still get quick medical treatment—even if they don’t want it. When David Eckert was pulled over by police for failing to come to a complete halt at a stop...
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
There were 1455 weather records set last week in the U.S.A. the vast majority of them on the cold side. They include: 205 record snowfalls 203 low temperatures 969 low maximum temperatures These includes snow in Dallas,...
Friday, November 29th, 2013
There was a bit of a hullabaloo over the deal made last week to lift sanctions on Iran, in exchange for reductions in their nuclear program. Many praise the diplomacy as progress towards a more peaceful and...
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Back in the early 90s, I felt a need to understand politics far better than I had, and I spent a lot of time and effort on it. Along the way – and partly by accident –...
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
It is almost six o’clock when the two Japanese girls come into the Phuket Yacht Club’s Quarterdeck Restaurant. Thamanoon is standing by a potted palm, his hands elegantly folded around a menu, staring out at the boats...
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Just before President Kennedy set out for a visit to Ireland, the Library of Congress traced his genealogical roots to the Emerald Isle. The Kennedys of America came from the O’ Cinneide clan, whose most celebrated member,...