Wednesday

Lethal Occupation and Other The fatal-accident rate for fishermen and related fishing workers is 200 per 100,000 full-time workers . . . compared with a rate of 13.1 for police and 4.4 for firefighters. Farming is also more dangerous: 38.5 fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 full-

Monday

Notes About the Conspiracy Is the United States a sham? How corrupt is DC? Does the stock market even exist as a free market bastion anymore? Whether I like it or not (I don't), those are thoughts that wake me up in the middle of the night (literally,

Something for Palm Sunday

"The hour overflows with supernatural power. In these last days it is as if Jesus were gathering strength on strength preparing for the ultimate." Romano Guardini, The Lord

Friday

BYCU Tax Day. A good reason to drink. And I hear they extended the filing deadline to April 18. Let's make it a bender. I'm gonna need more drinks because my investment companies keep sending updated 1099s . . . after I already filed my return. There oughtta be

Thursday

This piece had me nearly shaking with rage last night. Why should any of us pay taxes or do the right thing any more? DC is a beast that takes money from some and gives it to others. If you're in the politically-connected group--whether a welfare

Wednesday

The Petty Souled In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle wrote about the megalopsychos, a term that Nassim Taleb translates as "the great-souled," a condition that excludes all pettiness. What's the opposite of the megalopsychos? I don't know, but it's on display in

Tuesday

Tuesday Miscellany A friend took over my son's little league team this year, thereby leaving me free to spend some time with my other kids. So last night, I trekked an hour to my daughter's Varsity soccer game. I didn't get back until late,

Monday

Laughable Congress Saturday morning, I read about the heroic efforts to avoid a partial federal government shut-down. The parties had agreed to a $40 billion budget cut. I thought to myself, "That doesn't sound like much," but I didn't have time to look

Something for Sunday Morning

"Guilt is a reality, an objective force; it has caused destruction that must be repaired. For this reason, forgiveness must be more than a matter of ignoring, of merely trying to forget." Benedict XVI

Regular Blogging Returns On Saturday

Got home from NYC late last night.