Politics

Kauffman, Soap, and Dirty Dollars Bill Kauffman is great. In this piece [http://www.amconmag.com/blog/ikes-last-stand/the-other-eisenhowers/], he writes about Eisenhower's isolationist/pacifist family members. Interesting stuff, and it ends with this point to ponder: "Since 1941, war has warped American life. Only the doddering

Social Security I like the way the tax cuts are shaping up, and I was particularly pleased by Obama's proposal to slash social security taxes on workers from 6.2% to 4.2%, even it is for only a year. Link [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704156304576003441518282986.html?

It's been a common theme here for the past couple of years: The federal government and Wall Street--abetted by the universities--are taking care of themselves and screwing the rest of us. If you're in the group, you're doing well. If you're outside

Post-Election Ramblings As I get older and read more, I realize that our Founding Fathers had a lot of flaws and the system they implemented was not an impartial mechanism of governing. Still, their ideas impress me, like their insight that the Senate would be a stabilizing force that guards

Jonah Goldberg at the LA Times recounts a handful of 2008 obituaries about the Republican party and boasts about the ascendancy of liberalism [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-1102-goldberg-demography-20101102,0,7873396.column] . Pretty funny, in light of what is apparently going to happen today.

Twitter Another Lions game yesterday. I would never attend two NFL games in one year (my preference: one every 3-4 years), but my boys got free tickets to the first game I attended a month ago, and these tickets were ordered before the free tickets. Although I didn't

Digital World to Real World? The digital revolution keeps going and picking up pace: "YouTube serves up 2 billion videos a day. Twitterers tweet 750 times a second. Internet traffic is growing by 40% a year. The internet has morphed into a social medium. People post 2.5 billion

Have you made it over to Keith Rothfus' site [http://www.keithpa4.com/] to make a donation? He's being outspent 7-1 by his opponent. If you have a second, and have a few dollars, please make a donation. I donated to Keith. It's the first

Gays, Gold, and Ganja Great: The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on prime time U.S. television is growing, with 58 regular LGBT roles on network and cable shows this season. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100929/tv_nm/us_gay] . The reason? "