We live less than 1/2 a mile and two tiny streets away from the 9 year old’s school and she asked if it would be OK for her to walk to school on her own. I asked The Google what … Continue reading →

When I haven’t blogged for a while I get a pent up desire to blog something of significance. The more thought I put into that significant blog the less likely I am to actually write it. Which makes me less … Continue reading →

Paul Krugman: I was startled last week when Mr. Obama, in an interview with Bloomberg News, questioned the case for limiting financial-sector pay: “Why is it,” he asked, “that we’re going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but … Continue reading →

So how well do incentives work?

One thousand years later, beer is still excellent and the song is still fantastic. Continue reading →

I have been a Rhapsody subscriber for several years. The service they provide is fantastic: Think of a song. Any song. Play it. I suspect that people who suggest “try Pandora” (and there are many of you) probably don’t get … Continue reading →

There a tiny storm in my corner of the interwebs. Bob Wright wrote a book – The Evolution of God – and Jerry Coyne wrote a review trashing it. Then Coyne and Jim Manzi got into a blogs ‘n’ handbags … Continue reading →

It’s because you have a crazy, mixed up view of what women are supposed to look like. (sizes are UK sizes which are different from american sizes) Results of a survey by Fabulous Magazine

But the one subject that they really need to teach more of is rhetoric. Continue reading →

New Majority on the AG decision to investigate the allegations of torture. All those interviewed are curious why this is all happening at this time.  Many of them speculated that they are being used by the administration not only to … Continue reading →