From the Gardening Journals One of the coolest things about the free market is a thing called "entrepreneurial drift." For years, I've encouraged my kids to start their own business, if for no other reason because it opens doors . . . or rather, jolts the entrepreneur to change

More Miscellaneous Rambling Count me in this group: Americans are more anxious than a year ago, survey finds [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-are-more-anxious-than-a-year-ago-survey-finds/] . A major setback at Maximum Greens will cripple early season production this year. I broke the news to Max last night, explaining that his main source

Miscellaneous Rambling Well, I reversed course with respect to lectures. I still like my idea of buying the used audio CD and ripping them into my iTunes, but there are three problems with it: (1) Amazon is not clear whether you are getting the audio CD or the book format

The most compelling picture from the Hawaii catastrophe I've seen:

I've read books or articles where Sowell or Walter Williams make this point, but for some reason, it's a bit more cogent to hear Sowell say it: > "Dependence was seen as the key to holding the slaves down. It's ironic that same

BYCU A loyal TDE reader sends along this perfect BYCU piece: Catholic Beer Club responds to millennials' thirst for community [https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/05/02/catholic-beer-club-responds-millennials-thirst-community] . It's America Magazine, but they managed to write it without any reference to the trans community, so I&

More Lecture Notes The 1200s are often called the apex of Catholic Culture, largely because of the work of St. Thomas Aquinas. In Aquinas, Catholic thought comes to a synthesis: reason and revelation combined, mistaken notions squashed (like Abelard's insistence that faith and reason can come to contrary

Yet More Humpin' Ramblin' I'm glad it's hump day. It'll be good to see this week come to a close. Work pressures, irrigation problems at the site, tooth problems, I root for Detroit sports teams. I'm not sure when the

Miscellaneous Rambling Man, spring crunch last night: two tennis matches, soccer game, Freshman orientation with Max. But I much prefer it that way to the alternative: one event every night, Monday through Thursday. Tonight is open, leaving me free to seed a few more beds: arugula, cress, lettuces, spinach, cilantro.

Miscellaneous Rambling I haven't weighed in on the Alfie Evans for simple reasons: it's so sad, I don't like to think about it; it's so wrong, it makes me angry to write about it; it's so obviously something I'