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Sometimes I think that ‘professional’ educators are going out of their way to make writing a blog the easiest thing in the world. Consider: One Connecticut school is under fire for handing out a “Pizza and Consent” assignment, where eighth-grade students were given a handout stating that pizza can be used as a “metaphor forContinue reading “Pineapple on Pizza?”

Last week, the Washington Post spoke with several economists who listed their ideas on how to solve the economic issues facing the nation. One idea listed for the White House to “combat inflation” was price controls. The idea was suggested by the Roosevelt Institute’s Todd Tucker, in which he argued that the time may beContinue reading “Ration Cards, Anyone?”

“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities” (1 Tim 5:23). The Covid Vaccines do not seem to be doing a great job of preventing people from getting Covid. I know several people who got all the shots and still got the virus. And we hearContinue reading “In Vino Veritas”

The 1970’s were the decade that I changed the most. In January 1970 I was 14 years old and in 8th grade. Ten years later on New Year’s Eve 1979, I had just finished my first year of employment with a consulting firm in Washington DC. During those ten years I graduated high school andContinue reading “That 70’s Show”

From Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins: Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not.Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten toContinue reading “A Question, Partially Answered”

Someone suggested that I drop the subject of masks. I certainly aim to please my 10 readers, so how about opera? The one Jeopardy category I occasionally do well at. We’ll start with Un Ballo in Maschera… Only kidding folks. There was a time before we started tandem riding that Stoker and I spent quiteContinue reading “A Night at the Opera…”

On my first visit to Raley’s since Newsom’s new mask mandate, the store policy was clear. Not just a small sign posted on the door either; someone with very good chalk calligraphy skills had been at work. Remember the TV commercial you see every holiday season “Clap on (clap clap), Clap off (clap off), TheContinue reading “A Tale of Two Grocers”

Facebook can be like staring at the aftermath of a car crash. You are horrified at the tragic scene but you can’t look away… Still there are parts of FB I really like. Kid pictures, pet pictures, food pictures, travel pictures. There is a handy feature to block posts from political promoters, so you onlyContinue reading “Going Into the Dumper”

Economics was given the moniker “The Dismal Science” by Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle. Carlyle was said to have been inspired by T. R. Malthus’ gloomy prediction that population would always grow faster than food, dooming mankind to unending poverty and hardship. The accuracy of this prediction is typical of economic forecasts to thisContinue reading “The I Word…not Intervals”

Masks are required at all times on commercial airline flights. Our masters have so decreed, and apparently the Constitution and Bill of Rights do not apply to facial coverings on FAA regulated transportation. But liberal, African American members of Congress appear to be exempt: No air hostess dictator yelled at her, but she would haveContinue reading “Do as I Say…”