I consider Obama’s presidency to be a mixed bag. There are things he has done that I support (Ending DADT, credit card reform, others I’m not thinking of) and things that I oppose (PPACA, Cash For Clunkers, GM Bailout, increasing… Continue Reading
Marc Ambinder thinks that the era of affirmative action may be coming to an end. [Justice Anthony Kennedy] endorses the idea that affirmative action can be used to achieve a diverse student body, so long as race is considered as… Continue Reading
The current national average price for 87-octane unleaded gasoline is $3.81 a gallon. In California, it’s $4.65 a gallon. In my particular neck of the woods, the cheapest I’ve seen it is ten cents a gallon higher than that. It… Continue Reading
I’ll be honest. I played Fallout: New Vegas through the entire debate tonight. Had a lot of fun. I felt my time was better spent hunting mutants in the Mojave wasteland. Bill, can you explain to the group why I… Continue Reading
In response to the subject of a post-consumerist society, NewDealer writes: What is an economy that is not built on consumerism? What is the alternative? This is a serious question. I am not saying that being a consumer all the… Continue Reading
I turned in a pretty lackluster day today substitute teaching. The class itself wasn’t the issue. They weren’t perfect – what second grade class has perfection – but on the whole they were better than expected as students of the… Continue Reading
When Clancy was working in the interior southwest, the largely immigrant population had its plusses and minuses from a doctor’s perspective. On the plus side, they were actually among the best behaved of the patient populations she had. They had… Continue Reading
A lot of my recipes are heavy on the seasonings and spices, so I thought to offer something a bit more mild. This one is pretty fast and easy, light, and a nice romantic dinner for two. It goes great… Continue Reading
Experience seems to bear out my faith in the proposition that even if something happens for reasons that are not immediately clear, sufficient investigation will eventually reveal the cause. Just before Labor Day, my dog became violently ill for no… Continue Reading
From the Washington Post, by way of OTB: Breaking from two decades of tradition, this year’s election exit poll is set to include surveys of voters in 31 states, not all 50 as it has for the past five presidential… Continue Reading