Politics Friday Politics II SimonOctober 5, 20120 "Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must...
Politics Free Cell Phones SimonSeptember 30, 20120 Last week the conservative news media was playing a story about a woman who was voting for Obama because he was giving...
Maxims September 27, 2012 Maxim SimonSeptember 27, 20120 "Dependency doesn't encourage gratitude but it causes resentment." Peggy Noonan WSJ...
Politics Friday Politics SimonSeptember 21, 20121 I promise to only do politics once a week and never on Facebook (almost) My bumper sticker contribution: My...
Maxims September 20, 2012 Maxim SimonSeptember 20, 20120 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading." Attributed to Thomas...
Recommendations The Romans SimonSeptember 19, 20120 One of my book groups recently read The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather. It was a bit of a slog getting...
Simon Says To Be Young Again SimonSeptember 14, 20120 Jim Stillman and Simon Burrow in Schenectady, NY circa 1966 "If you weren't liberal when you were young, you have...
Maxims September 13, 2012 Maxim SimonSeptember 13, 20120 "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." Herbert Hoover Hoover was President of the US...
Simon Says Free Ice Cream SimonSeptember 12, 20121 The Cow and the Ice Cream A story told by a 3rd grade teacher The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was...