Politics Perspective on Town Hall Confrontations SimonAugust 13, 20090 I don't really have a dog in the health-care debate since I'm less than 1000 days away from the Medicare buffet. But...
Politics Founding Lawyers SimonAugust 5, 20091 Andrew P. challenged me to find out if Benjamin Franklin was an attorney. Simon and Ben chat in Santa Barbara I...
Politics Obesity SimonAugust 4, 20090 You probably heard that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) had the an obesity conference last week. It was called...
Immigration Car Registration SimonJuly 10, 20090 All of the driving on our Colorado trip made us think a lot about cars. We connected cars with immigration when we...
Politics Government Frugality SimonJune 21, 20090 The President ordered the cabinet to cut a whopping $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget! I'm so...
Politics Code Words SimonMay 29, 20092 Our comfortable middle class world is full of caring groups that want to for instance: stop genocide in Darfur without...
Politics Why Government Can’t Run a Business SimonMay 20, 20090 There is a great article by John Steele Gordon in this mornings Wall Street Journal titled Why Government Can't Run a...
Politics The Federal Budget Explained SimonApril 29, 20090 There is a great explanation of President Obama's budget on YouTube It uses pennies. This is my attempt to embed...
Politics Does History Repeat? SimonApril 22, 20090 I got this cartoon from Joe S. It appeared in the Chicago Tribune on 4/21/1934. It is a dire warning about the...
Ideas “Free Choice” is an Opportunity SimonMarch 26, 20090 Employers dread the "Employee Free Choice Act." They say it will make it possible to coerce workers into publicly...