Wildcards in the Economy
2014-12-28 – Economists say that 20 percent of all gifts are unwanted. I don’t know where I got that statistic. I vaguely remember reading something. But since there is really […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Don’t Forget About Sunk Costs
2014-25-2014 – Okay. It was a bad year. Lost job. Illness and death in the family. Last kid is off to college and we’re alone. Friend dies. New job is […]
My Expert Review of “The Interview” – One Star
2014-12-23 – I haven’t written may movie reviews for the simple, but apparently misguided reason that I don’t see many movies. I now realize that shouldn’t stop me. In the […]
Do Clothes Make the Man?
2014-12-18 – I read an account recently about a nudist colony. Do they call them colonies? Seems awfully colonial to me. I wish I could give you a link. It […]
Cheese It! The Cops!
2014-12-07 – The Tea Party has a point about the risks of big government. But somehow I’m a little less worried about the Affordable Care Act than I am about […]
Oh No! It’s Time to Be Kind Again!
2014-12-02 – The email came yesterday morning. Oy! Not again. They’re going to be coming every morning. Last year I asked for it. This year I didn’t. They apparently think […]
Unarmed White Man Shot by Police
2014-11-30 – I found the following posted by my favorite right-wing Facebook friend AND by an African-American friend: Unarmed White Man Shot By Police: No Riots, Al Sharpton Silent, Obama […]
We Made Mud Pie, But Not for You
2014-11-27 – They didn’t have mud pie at Plymouth. There was no refrigeration at Plymouth. No refrigeration, no ice cream, no mud pie. It’s as simple as that. You might […]
Near Snow Experience
2014-11-16 – You call this snow? Nat did. Kit and I visited Nat yesterday in Beloit, WI, where he goes to school. He was complaining about the unseasonable cold and […]
The News is Not “Reality TV”
2014-20-13 – Voter turnout this year was the lowest that it’s been since 1942. We complain about Republican efforts to suppress the vote through voter ID laws, cutting hours at […]
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