Monday
Student Loans The student debt problem is getting more and more press . . . and more attention in Congress. The whole debate infuriates me. The federal government created …
Month: April 2012
Something for Sunday Morning
“o not make yourself unhappy about your imperfections, but always have the courage to rise above them.” St. Francis de Sales
Saturday
Roman History Finding myself firmly ensconced in middle age, there’s one small thing I regret: I never sat down and focused on one thing for a prolonged period. Sure, …
Friday
BYCU The Street says my Tigers charge more for beer than any other major league stadium. “Know that $214 million contract the Tigers gave slugger Prince Fielder? Well, fans …
Thursday
Random Quotes “The opposite of intellect is dullness or slowness, but the opposite of wisdom is foolishness, which is far more dangerous.” Thomas Sowell “One of the surprising privileges …
Wednesday
Death and Drinking Stuff Can local regulation lead to suicide? Possibly. Click here for a disturbing description of the harassment that Andrew Wordes of Roswell, Georgia, endured. I would …
Tuesday
Bullets For years, Nimrod meant “mighty hunter.” But then Looney Tunes used it to refer to a dumb person in an Elmer Fudd episode of Bugs Bunny. Since then, …
Monday
From the Notebooks All people suffer from what Daniel Kahneman calls a “puzzling limitation” of the mind: “our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent …
Something for Sunday Morning
“Lose no occasion, however trifling, of exercising sweetness of heart toward anyone.” St. Francis de Sales
Saturday
Weekend Miscellany Glorious day: Very few commitments, other than two girls soccer games. If I get out in time, I’ll stroll over to the high school baseball field and …
Friday
BYCU Walgreens is getting rid of wine. Marie picked me up these bottles of Liberty Creek sweet red. Pretty sweet find. I plan on cracking one tonight, unless I …
Thursday
From the Notebooks In The Guinea Pig Diaries, A.J. Jacobs engages in intense experiments of the subjective sort: he uses himself, the guinea pig, to test ideas and phenomenon. …