Politics

When most people hear “anarchist,” they think violence, maybe rage, maybe disruptive attempts by groups like Weatherman to overthrow the United States government in the 1960s. People with a literary bent might think of the dynamite-toting Russian anarchists that Fyodor Dostoyevsky [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=14-06-013-v]

Premise: Security hurts. The more security you seek, the slower, more inefficient, costly, and duller that area of your life becomes. Check your stove five times: Slower leaving the house. A bureaucracy makes sure everything works uniformly: Inefficient (and dull). Military might: Costly. This doesn't mean security isn&

No time for blogging today, but want to take a moment to say I'm stunned at the increasing lack of neutrality among the mainstream press in this election year. The mainstream press has always been ensconced in left, but they used to be clandestine in their approach. Not

" . . . the more I'm galvanized to vote for McCain." Check out the most-recent Obama phoniness [http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2008/07/obama-has-received-his-reward.html] .

Better late than never. Nick Milne [http://nickmilne.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/tagged-by-thunder/] tagged me while I was on vacation. The rules: > 1. Link the person(s) who tagged you 2. Mention the rules on your blog 3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours 4. Tag 6

Marcel LeJeune at Aggie Catholics calls it a "masterpiece [http://marysaggies.blogspot.com/2008/07/humanae-vitae-and-catholic-church.html] ," I suspect he's right: The Vindication of Humanae Vitae [http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=6262]. Taking Marcel's lead, I'll summarize the article

I don't get overtly political on this blog very often, but the Obama foreign tour is sticking in my craw. Consider this morning's AP story [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_re_eu/obama] about visiting Europe: > Obama said he and [Prime

Maybe I should resort to kidnapping: An Italian man has been charged with kidnapping after he forced his ex-girlfriend into his home to do the ironing [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=cce7c5f9d55442c7b8aeafa5e07cafe5&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=

Company weekend. Marie's brother is taking his sons (7 and 9) to Kalamazoo's Air Zoo for a cub/tiger scout outing. He dropped off his wife and daughter at our place last night. He's coming back today. I mention it because Andy read the