Frustrating

H.I.F. Readers have never seen many TDE posts about foreign policy, probably because my stance on foreign policy is pretty isolationist and doesn't rise much above the level of, "Let's leave people alone and mind our own business." There isn't

Saturday

Pretty wild:

Friday

BYCU Vodka is now my drink of choice. I try to drink red wine, but when the day comes to an end and I'm ready to unwind, health concerns take a back seat. Of course, not everyone likes vodka, even people who drink hard liquor. I found this

Conan

Yesterday photos were leaked of the Dallas Cowboys owner, 71-year-old Jerry Jones, with two much younger women. The photos were leaked by Jerry Jones.

Woods and Hudge and Belloc

> An important contribution of Pope John Paul II's 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus was that it recognized what should have been clear for a long time–namely, that the modern state is something altogether new and not to be treated analytically as merely an extension of the political

Interesting

H.I.F. Two interesting things forwarded to me by my son, Alex (the one returning from Salamanca today): 1. In Russia there is no legal definition for ethnicity, so citizens can declare whatever they want, including Jedi and Hobbit. 2. A (very dedicated) fan's explanation on why

Tuesday

My son has spent the last six weeks in Salamanca, Spain. We were talking with him on Facetime last Friday, and he was telling us about the Kinder Egg: a chocolate candy egg with a toy hid inside. He loves them and planned on bringing some back to his siblings,

Interesting

H.I.F. Interesting and scary: "Roughly 77 million Americans, or 35 percent of adults with a credit file, have a report of debt in collections. These adults owe an average of $5,178 (median $1,349). Debt in collections involves a nonmortgage bill–such as a credit card

Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling I attended my 30th class reunion last Saturday night. It wasn't well attended, but we had a solid showing and I got to catch up with a handful of friends that I hadn't seen in years. The drinking club (the venue for the event)

Sunday

A Random Passage I've been tipping my reading toe into the works of the Anti-Federalists, those nervous souls who saw much mischief behind the proposed U.S. Constitution. I've been favorably impressed by some of it, like this passage from the Maryland Farmer: > I