Country Boys "[T]he egoism of Power profits by public insecurity." On Power, p. 142. Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Bush II, and now Obama. All used public insecurity to bolster the federal government's power. And once the crises pass, the means to deal with the crises

Here, Drink This Baby Bottle of Red Dye Is it me, or is there something wrong with this picture (emphasis mine): "Doctors at five sites in England are comparing vaccines from two manufacturers to see which works best and has fewer side-effects. Over the next two weeks 1,

Received in an Email Touching Stories I was walking through the cemetery this morning and saw a guy crouching down behind a tombstone. I said, "Morning." He said, "No, just taking a ****". When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new

Oktoberfest pictures [http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-46860.html].

Earlier this month while at the drinking club, I watched some Amish take their boat out of the lake . . . by backing their horse down the boat ramp. I snapped pics. The camera phone didn't do a great job, but I think the "silhouette-effect" looks pretty

I found this well piece by Paul Johnson in the current issue of Forbes. Walking Our Way Out of Recession [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0921/opinions-paul-johnson-current-events.html] . I especially liked this excerpt: > Walking is not, however, an unproductive activity. Thomas Mann, the great

Booker T. Washington was an Uncle Tom? Not according to a new biography out of Harvard University Press. [http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1308&theme=home&loc=b] One of the ACORN antagonists is a Chesterton fan, according to the NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/