You may have already seen this astonishingly informative moving graphic elsewhere. If not, check it out: It is a compelling visual picture of what happens when a government compounds the negative effects of a recession by declaring war on business owners. Such a war is precisely what Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid pursued after taking […]
Rick Reilly at ESPN has a very funny overview of the explosion of tattoos among professional athletes. Excerpt: And why would Shawn Marion of the Dallas Mavericks get an ornate Chinese character tattooed down his leg without having a Chinese person in tow? See, Marion thought he was getting his nickname, “The Matrix,” but instead […]
To every man or woman in uniform far away from home today . . . to every person who has worn the uniform with honor . . . to every family that has endured the hardship of separation or the pain of loss because someone they love has served . . . On this Veteran’s […]
After about 30 hours on the move, our girl is safely home from Kenya. She’s taller than I remember.
According to legend and folklore the Persian King Cambyses II sent an army of 50,000 men into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C., where they vanished from the face of the earth. For centuries, some speculated the vast army had been swallowed up by the desert in a freak sandstorm. In fact, a hundred years […]
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 […]
