I cannot begin to express my dismay at the fact the 2008 presidential race started the day after the 2006 mid-term elections wrapped. Seriously, 2006 was stupid enough without being placed on the conveyor belt of nonsense that passes for news coverage, breathless with every aspect of this so-called “race”. One of the big draws […]
Europe has undergone significant changes in the past 20 years: The formation of the European Union (EU) as a political force, and the steady move towards a more secular progressive mind-set and society. For many Americans, the countries of Europe represent an ideal that we should strive for. Within the EU, there are really few […]
If you believe some of the negative financial press the American masses are a fickle mob of spendthrifts that mindlessly blow everything they have and then some without a care. In contrast to that, I offer a story from the Wall Street Journal: Food Makers Struggle To Pass On High Costs High commodity prices have […]
[UPDATED 10/10/07 – 1747 MDT] As does this article: Canada’s Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver Mothers in British Columbia are having a baby boom, but it’s the United States that has to deliver, and that has some proud Canadians blasting their highly touted government healthcare system. “I’m a born-bred Canadian, as well as […]
Baron Bodissey [nice pen name, since I happen to know where it comes from] does an excellent job of laying out what he calls the Ten Postulates of Political Correctness: 1. America is uniquely evil. 2. America is never justified in defending itself. 3. Illiterate people from poor societies are superior to Americans. 4. The […]
Thirty, forty, fifty years from now, Americans will look back in wonder at those who answered the call at the turn of the century: Hat tip to Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive. ..bruce.. [UPDATED 08/12/07 – 2216 MDT] Thanks to Ace of Spaces HQ for the Ace-alanche! I should note for the record that my wife […]
My wife is off in Utah, helping out on the birth of our (let’s see now…) ninth grandchild, so I filled in for her at church conducting music during the sacrament meeting. Our closing hymn was “The Star-Spangled Banner”, and while I managed to keep conducting through the entire hymn (three verses), I only sang […]
[UPDATED 06/30/07 – 0832 MDT] Ah, I love geeks. A day after the iPhone is released, here’s a heavily photographed step-by-step dissection of one (“We did it, so you don’t have to”). Many years ago, when I was writing for Macworld, I interviewed the Apple product manager in charge of System 7.0, the Macintosh operating […]
DC: the house of cards starts to crumble
I lived in Washington DC — yes, right in the District itself — for just under six years (1989-2005). To say that DC is bipolar and disfunctional doesn’t begin to capture the true weirdness of how the city runs (or fails to). This is a city with one of the highest per-student spending rates in […]
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