Ideas Base Jumpers and Gang Members SimonJuly 25, 20120 While traveling on the lifts and trains in Switzerland we met some young men who were base jumpers. It is a sport in...
Simon Says Happy Fourth of July SimonJuly 4, 20120 America: Where moms get a day and sharks get a week. We are in Switzerland and so are missing the famous Sierra Madre...
Maxims June 28, 2012 Maxim SimonJune 28, 20120 "Get in line would be a reasonable request if there was a line." Angelica Salas Director CHIRLA Speaking about...
Politics Why Obama Will Lose in November SimonJune 22, 20123 So here is the math. Romney will probably get roughly the same number of votes as John McCain did in 2008 but he will...
Politics Power to the ……. SimonJune 4, 20120 If you give the State the power to do something for you, you give it an exact equivalent power to do something to...
Politics You Can’t Fake the Harvest SimonMay 21, 20120 All farmers know that it is easy in the spring to predict a bumper crop. And in the summer as the fields...
Maxims May 17, 2012 Maxim SimonMay 17, 20120 "If I win the Nobel Peace Prize, you will know that I have failed." Tony Blair speaking at the commencement of his...
Politics Irony Abounds SimonMay 16, 20120 The recent Secret Service scandal was discovered when a disagreement came to light about how much a Columbian...
Politics What Would Texas Do? SimonMay 14, 20121 Headline in the 5/14/12 WSJ: "Brown Says More Cuts Needed" Note to Governor Brown: "You can't save your way to...
Politics Election Spending Perspective SimonMay 2, 20120 Americans spend $14 surfing for every $1 they spend on presidential elections. Of course surfing is more fun and...