Wooden Postcards

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There is a company in Birmingham, Alabama that makes wooden postcards. Lillian spotted them in a feature in the Southwest Airlines magazine. They claim that they cut the wood thin enough so that you c... Read More

Elections

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We are well into the election season and I along with others was lamenting the length and cost of the process in the US. In Europe, it seems, campaigns are only a month or two long. A short election c... Read More

The National Objective

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What is the purpose of government? Allowing people the freedom to rise as far as they can? Or giving people the safety of not having to far to fall if they fail? The two are not mutually exclusive and... Read More

McCain’s Running Mate

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This summer the favorite pass time of everybody who is the least bit political is speculating about who McCain and Obama will chose as there running mates. In order to have even a chance of winning th... Read More

Drilling for Oil

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About 30 years ago the US stopped building nuclear power plants because protesters from the left were so vocal and agressive that politicians and businessmen gave up trying to build them.  Now we wan... Read More

Light Bulbs

After my tirade against mandating the use of fluorescent light bulbs back in January you will be surprised to learn that we are starting to install some energy saving light bulbs at home as an attempt... Read More