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I like to read off-the-beaten path books, as long as I have indicia that they're reliable and good. I saw this book by Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddhin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_von_Kuehnelt-Leddihn]: The Menace of the Herd . I'd been

Rich Karlgaard at Forbes [http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/2010/06/the-millionaire-cop-next-door/] points out that public sector employees make A LOT more than folks in the private sector: > Who are America's fastest-growing class of millionaires? They are police officers, firefighters, teachers and

A Few Quick Things Worked until after 8:00 last night, then sat in the basement until 10:00 under threat of a tornado warning (man, our town's tornado alarm is eerie-sounding . . . which is a good thing, of course). It's the third time this year

Teens to Oil That's the teen mission group from my church this week. My son is in the upper-lefthand corner. My daughter is in the lower-righthand corner. The mission is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I guess they're in a pretty rough section of town. Abbie

My two oldest kids are at Catholic Heart Work Camp this week. My middle daughter was at a friend's for the day/night. The house hasn't been clean in months. So we bribed the four remaining kids: work hard to pick up the house, and we&

Ya gotta like Robert Higgs. He loathes big government, and we are undergoing some of the biggest government growth in modern history. I also gotta believe he's not terribly optimistic about the economy. Yet he has some advice for everyone who is bracing for economic Armageddon: Chill out.

Miscellany Highly recommended: Volume 15 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series focuses on the American Economist, Murray Rothbard [http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=%2Fmain.aspx&BookId=133876&SubjectId=1023&Subject2Id=1023] . Unfortunately, it's $130 $192 (that's not a

Maybe because I'm a former drummer myself (the term "drummer" used loosely):

More technological problems. This week is bringing me to my knees . . . and not in a good way (with drunkenness). Bear with me.