“If Beijing continues to buy American debt at the rate it has in recent years, then within a half-decade or so U.S. interest payments on that debt will be covering the entire cost of the Chinese military” This from Mark Steyn in The New Criterion. Chicken Little, nothing. Image by John Morgali.
Katie referred me to this WSJ blog I’ve started reading, and it posted today concerning women in the workplace—we are apparently still not rising to the top of business and political leadership.Interesting how merely stating that fact (though a contestable fact depending on your metric) is supposed to generate automatic consternation. I am about to argue that it should not…. Read more →
I’m on this awesome email list called Freecycle, where people trade and give away rather than throw away their old stuff. You post what you have, people reply, you pick one, and the happy new owner comes to take it away. Looks like No. 2 got something very special for Christmas this year.
I walked into our bedroom last night holding a squirmy Ransom while Nathaniel brushed his teeth in the bathroom. I raised my voice a little and said, “Oh, dear, Ransom, mommy’s nursing chair is covered in clothes! No food for you.” Just as I’d intended, Nathaniel came out of the bedroom and picked his work clothes for the next morning… Read more →
I have a soft spot for small business owners, as my dad is one. It’s a risky life, but there’s also some romance: a single man or woman with an idea, a passion to do one thing, willing to work 80 hours a week, invest their life’s savings, stay up late, hustle, earnestly strive to make a living by meeting… Read more →
I’ve been conversing (by email, ironically) with one of our writers on the evils of technology. My position has been that technology is less responsible for mental and social decline than our undisciplined use of it. He seems more emphatically to credit technology itself with civilization’s decline, citing how distracted, lazy, and incapable of problem-solving or communication without a cell… Read more →
I’ve been conversing (by email, ironically) with one of our writers on the evils of technology. My position has been that technology is less responsible for mental and social decline than our undisciplined use of it. He seems more emphatically to credit technology itself with civilization’s decline, citing how distracted, lazy, and incapable of problem-solving or communication without a cell… Read more →
Some Friday humor and parting thoughts on a weekend I hope will take us to the beach despite a hurricane: “There’s only one way to protect our rights: Register to vote.” Hmm. Trent, Nathaniel, and I edged into church time over dinner this Wednesday, stuck in conversation on the uniquely American—and, I think, uniquely wrong—concepts tied to Manifest Destiny. This… Read more →
Some Friday humor and parting thoughts on a weekend I hope will take us to the beach despite a hurricane: “There’s only one way to protect our rights: Register to vote.” Hmm. Trent, Nathaniel, and I edged into church time over dinner this Wednesday, stuck in conversation on the uniquely American—and, I think, uniquely wrong—concepts tied to Manifest Destiny. This… Read more →
Ok, this is just silliness, but I couldn’t resist sharing. At work today (yes, while working), I came across a mashup of George W. Bush and Che Guevara, of all people. Then, continuing to work, I found another. Apparently some people in this world thought the idea made sense. I think it’s hilarious. Here’s the first: This next one is… Read more →
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