We enjoyed our 5.5 years in Minneapolis. The city has much to recommend it. If the winter’s weren’t bone-crushing and six months long, it would have been especially appealing. Oh, and there was the depressing fact that a significantly large percentage of the nice folks who live there are bat-guano-insane left wingers. Doncha know. Exhibit […]
In a blog post back on April 29th, I wrote: My first thought upon hearing that the United Auto Workers union is going to end up owning 55% of GM and 39% of Chrysler, with Barack Obama essentially owning most of the rest, was this question: What happens the next time Ford goes to sit […]
Long-time readers know I tend to change the header graphic here every week or two. The one currently at the top of this blog is the label from a vintage produce crate. The only change I photoshopped on the label was to replace the words “Georgia Peaches” with “Texas Blather.” The rest is as it […]
In a great Los Angeles Times op-ed, William Voegeli (The Claremont Institute) points out that lots of people are moving out of California and to places like Texas. In the piece, headlined: The Golden State isn’t worth it: Our high-benefit/high-tax model no longer works, especially compared with low-tax states like Texas, Voegeli points out: One […]
