For the Bureaucrats
Instead of Lincoln’s government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." We now have a government of...
Author: Simon
Longevity
INTERVIEWER: To what do you attribute your longevity? CHEF JULIA CHILD: Red meat and gin. I want to know...
Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
I'm not a constitutional scholar. But it seems to me that if federal agents go into a public park and start...
Words Seldom Seen: Fissiparous
Fissiparous Adjective: Inclined to break into separate parts. Originally a term in biology related to animals...
The Truth
“It takes a lie to cover a lie, but the truth will stand alone.” Gene Brogdon Another of the flowers of...
Arbitrary Stupid Goal
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin inspired my new goal which is to visit the oldest operating tavern in...
New Tricks
I used to have a sign over my computer that read: “OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS.” But lately I...
Making Immigration Work
I promise that this will be my last hectoring post about migration for a while. I wrote this a few years ago and...
Words Seldom Seen: Pander
Pander Verb: To do or provide, or promise to provide, exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it...
Imaginary Lines
”A border is an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary...
