The Greecehopper and the Ants

by | May 25, 2012

For those of a certain age, this Disney video will be familiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM1DgihKHVI. Please give it a watch. For an individual, household, city, or sovereign nation, it really is not much more complicated than this. With so much practical good...

The President’s Credit Rating

by | Mar 10, 2012

The President is out on the campaign trail taking credit for the late, slow, economic recovery that we are finally experiencing. It’s like a delivery room doctor claiming that without him or her, there could be no baby. In fact, to add some extra hyperbole, it’s even...

The Morning After Pill for Obamacare

by | Feb 15, 2012

I’m not sure how the Catholic Church’s revolt against its principles being trampled by the central government will play out.  But here is a reflection. As simply as I can understand it, Obama’s first position was: Here is what you have to do, whether you like it or...

Things We Like #3

by | Jan 31, 2012

We just returned from our third overnight trip on Amtrak, and we have enjoyed every minute of each trip. It is so relaxing to travel from city center to city center without long taxi rides, security lines, uncertain waits, weather worries, sardine seats, and no food....