A Good Guy With a Leak
2014-06-01 – I’ve written a couple of times about Ed Snowden (see links at the end), but now I’ve gotten to see him, thanks to NBC News. He seems like […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Let’s Eliminate Entitlements (Not!)
2014-05-29 – We hear a lot about Republican attacks on entitlements. What is it about entitlements that have them so in a huff. An entitlement is wealth that you own. […]
Two Degrees of Separation
2014-05-22 – Liberals and conservatives in Congress have apparently found one thing they can agree on. 179 Republicans and 124 Democrats voted today to pass the USA Freedom Act to […]
Child Rearing in a Traditional Family?
2014-05-20 – One of the last secular arguments against gay marriage is focused on raising children. Never mind that a sizeable fraction of hetero marriages never have children at all […]
Over One Billion Anti-Semites
2014-05-15 – Do you remember when McDonalds used to advertise the number of hamburgers they’d sold and what a big deal it was when the hundred-million sign was replaced by […]
Pinstripe Khaki?
2014-05-13 – Out shopping with my son Nat this afternoon, I chanced upon a pair of Docker pants that are branded Signature Khaki. That wouldn’t be a problem normally, but […]
Dandy Dandelions
2014-05-11 – Yesterday the world was awash with dandelions. There were none the day before. They just sprouted up overnight. I noticed them yesterday on my first long bike ride […]
What Can I Complain About Now?
2014-05-08 – For the first time this year, every day in the five-day forecast hits 70 degrees (20 degrees Celsius). I just got back from a walk in the park […]
Child Hunger Ends Here?
2014-05-01 – Happy May Day. May Day is a labor holiday that got its start right here in Chicago. You might not have realized that since the Commie Reds in […]
Boycott Poetry
2014-04-29 – I have an app on my smartphone called Buycott. The tag line for this app is “Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding […]
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