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Introduction

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

What I am going to be talking about here is freedom. Not in the sense of Preserving Our Liberties and Fighting The Great Government Conspiracies, but the things that really impact our personal lives.
Not that government encroachment on our traditional liberty isn’t a worrying trend, and I may touch on it now and then, but [...]

Just a Reminder

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Your bank cannot be trusted. They will steal money from you by any means available, at any time, and call it a ‘fee.’ You can often call and yell at them and get the fee waived, but it’s a pain in the ass and they count on most people not doing it.
But what [...]

Rogue’s Gallery

Monday, December 31st, 2007

When I look at the herd of Presidential aspirants, my main thought is, “Good god, one of these is going to be President?”
At times like this I wish it were possible to vote “None of the Above.” And if NOTA won, the office would sit vacant while the electoral process started over again. [...]

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

Monday, March 10th, 2008

It’s that time of year again, when most people in the United States waste time resetting clocks. I always get a reminder the day after the time switch; my two-year old son’s sleep schedule is thrown all out of whack. He sleeps late and is cranky in the morning, and doesn’t want to [...]

A Taxing Time

Monday, April 14th, 2008

It is, once again, time for all good citizens to send thousands of their hard-earned dollars to their penurious Uncle Sam, who, let’s be honest, is probably going to just blow it all on hookers and cocaine.
The whole Earth is covered up in tax-time advice, and I’m not going to try and add to that. [...]

For The Children

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I was knocking around the web last week, hitting the usual variety of sites that I read to keep up on what is going on in the world and came across a link to a WSJ essay by Peggy Noonan. It was a good essay, about how America’s political leaders are out of touch [...]

The Pillars of Civilization Shaken

Monday, October 6th, 2008

A terrible crisis has been averted, at least for now.
You’ve probably heard about this so-called ‘Credit-Crunch’ that the United States is going through, but I will summarize very briefly. In the simplest terms, financial institutions and consumers in the US lent and borrowed so poorly, so stupidly, that the the system was in danger [...]

After The Counting

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

There has been a lot of fuss about the recent election here in The United States. The Democrats, of course, are smug. The Republicans, well, some (not all, but some) are in a positive frenzy of angst, predicting the end of freedom and the coming Socialist Apocalypse.
I pretty much don’t give a damn. [...]

Wait, What?

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

Why History Matters

Friday, February 6th, 2009

A friend mentioned that she wasn’t very good at history, and I’m afraid my reply ran a little long. It’s a subject that has fascinated me almost since I first began to read, oh so many years ago. (Clay tablets back then. This fancy ‘paper’ stuff hadn’t been invented yet. It [...]

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