Flickr and Library of Congress – the Founders would be pleased
Yahoo’s Flickr is teaming up with the Library of Congress to bring a lot more public photos to light, and perhaps as importantly use community comments to help categorize the pictures. The US...
View ArticleGreetings from Manassas, Virginia
Woke up this morning thinking I’d be with my cousin in Baltimore, but wound up travelling without parents from Medford to Dulles, now back with them driving to Shenandoah Valley for the big Glick...
View ArticleBailout Blues + Red Ink = Spending Revolution Needed.
Washington does not understand why taxpayers are so angry about the bailout. Some pundits are calling this ignorance, but I think to the extent *anybody* can predict things taxpayers know pretty much...
View ArticleElection Day 2008
Election Day 2008 Voting is still underway but the outcome is already clear – Obama will win our US presidency by either a modest or large number of electoral votes and probably about 54% or more of...
View ArticleBarack Obama Victory Speech Transcript. US President Elect Speech. November...
Hello, Chicago. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still...
View ArticleObama Inaugural Speech
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service...
View ArticleDavid Brooks on Different Economic Points of View
David Brooks of the New York Times is one of my very favorite thinkers – he’s a calm and intellectual conservative who manages to maintain a great deal of respect for the reality of the sweeping...
View ArticleStop Torturing Obama’s Torture Policies
Over at President Picker I have posted my view on Obama’s Torture Policy. I think it’s a good policy. Comment over there please if you want to express yourself.
View ArticleRulers of England
Rulers of England In honor of the upcoming English Royal Wedding and the fact I’m watching “The Tudors” on Netflix right now, I thought it would be fun to post a list of the rulers of England. This is...
View ArticleUSA Debt Rating Downgrade to AA+ is from our failure to cut defense and...
S&P’s decision to downgrade the US debt rating from AAA to AA+ is very unwelcome news but it should not surprise anybody, especially in Washington where neither party has been willing to tackle the...
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