The more one thinks about the price of college these days – I’ve been hanging out with other panicked parents this Thanksgiving weekend – the more it becomes clear that there is something seriously out of whack with the cost of higher education. The whole system, one way or another, is bound to collapse, just […]
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Lincoln’s Thanksgiving
A friend and reader graciously sent this along this morning. It explains the background of Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Prior to 1863 it was celebrated at different times in different states. Thought it might be of interest. HTG. Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America’s national […]
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The Pentagon is preparing a report to Congress that will likely recommend that women begin serving in U.S. combat units. What a sad commentary on the state of our world. Women are capable of serving in that capacity. That’s not the issue. I have a 13-year-old who can shoot a dime off the top […]
Read the rest of this entry »Why Did I Come In Here?
This makes me feel so much better.
Read the rest of this entry »Say What, Ruskies?
http://youtu.be/xg4H1jbVcuM The Russians have to explain this one. Perhaps the middle finger is a gesture of good will in that land, but I don’t remember learning that in Russian studies. If anything, this will raise the President’s ratings a point or so. Mr. Obama is the U.S. President. How dare that broadcaster disrespect him and his office so blatantly. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Work Sharing; A Terrible Idea
The Wall Street Journal has a surprisingly positive article out today about an emerging practice in the U.S. called “work sharing.” It is an arrangement between private businesses and government wherein struggling companies reduce the number of hours employees work, and government, AKA taxpayers, steps in with supplemental unemployment benefits for those lost wages. If, for example, a widget polisher […]
Read the rest of this entry »No Way Newt Stays on Top
Newt Gingrich is the latest in the anyone-but-Romney bunch to skyrocket in the polls. After hovering in single digits for months, Mr. Gingrich suddenly finds himself leading his fellow GOP contenders in at least one poll. It won’t last. Yes, Mr. Gingrich is smart, too smart perhaps. And he is brash at a time when […]
Read the rest of this entry »Dept. of Interesting Timing
http://youtu.be/TW-x2YMVJCc The band Madison Rising is debuting its first album today, which includes the song “Honk if You Want Peace,” lambasting the Occupy Wall Street protesters as college slackers and “tie-dyed slobs.” The song, which tells the story of a father trying to get a daughter to a hospital through roads choked by protesters, […]
Read the rest of this entry »No Solution; No Problem
The Irish-Swiss philosopher Geraldus Oreiellius, Jr. espoused a basic political theory that goes something like this: Any economic or political construct not rooted in human nature cannot long survive (see Marxism.) As a life-long student of Oreillius, I of course agree, which is why I am 100% certain that tomorrow’s — or the next […]
Read the rest of this entry »OWS Agenda for Reform???
http://youtu.be/2xV3zTlgu3Q The editors at Bloomberg News today write that the Occupy Wall Street protesters should regroup and “set an agenda for reform.“ These guys? An agenda for reform? Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
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