The New York Times has an article about the Marines’ efforts to recruit gays: The Marines were the service most opposed to ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, but they were the only one of five invited branches of… Continue Reading
Given current event, I thought it appropriate to post Steve Earle’s “Ellis Unit One,” as powerful a song on the subject that I have ever heard. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it’s a song from the point of… Continue Reading
The State of Wyoming is something of an odd case. In terms of geographic size, it’s a middling state, but in terms of population it is the smallest. This frequently makes it a case-and-point in a number of discussions. Why… Continue Reading
I’ve been meaning to get stuff done this last week (including a NaPP post or two). But I am a college football fan with obsessive tendencies. And college sports realignment seems to touch on everything: Sports, conceptual organization, business, relationships,… Continue Reading
As I get to putting my thoughts together on my belated 9/11 post (I’m trying to figure out a way of phrasing what I want to say that will minimize the rotten tomatoes hurled in my direction), I wanted to… Continue Reading
I wonder if his next general election ads will have the parts about going after HMOs, increasing insureds, and increasing teacher pay. Well, I guess that last one is out of the president’s sphere. Regardless, it’s an interesting collection of… Continue Reading
With more bad news about the US Postal Service surfacing, I am noticing a lot of what I believe to be misconceptions. Here are the misconceptions and why I believe they are so: Generally from the Left: The Constitution mandates… Continue Reading
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was last known in the college football world for trying to set up a playoff system. He certainly had the populist (albeit wrong) side of that argument. However, his latest on conference realignment represents a… Continue Reading
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan went after Texas education policy (and, by extension, Rick Perry). The faults and achievements of Texas education interests me less here than the metrics that he used: per-pupil spending and drop-out rates (he also attacked… Continue Reading
The college football season is upon us. It’s an important year for my alma mater (Aren’t they all? Yeah. But this one particularly so.). Of course, about half of the attention directed at college football has to do with things… Continue Reading