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“Subprime College Educations”– Partly Our Own Fault
George Will has an article in the Washington Post this week about the rising cost and declining quality of American college educations. It really resonated with me, and the schools have a lot to...
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What The Colorado Wildfires Have Taught Me About Reverse 911 Calls
Reverse 911 calls. I had no idea such a thing existed until a friend mentioned it in her emails about the fires threatening her neighborhood. The residents had been advised, but not ordered, to...
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Sally Ride, First US Woman in Space
Dr. Sally Ride, first US woman in space, has passed away at the young age of 61, just three days after the 43rd anniversary of the first moon landing. She was a real role model for women everywhere:...
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Grim Thoughts on the Origins of Veterans Day: Voices From WWI
It used to be called Armistice Day. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the Great War officially ended. It was the first war to involve all of the great powers of the Earth aligned...
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Tax Time: Why So Complicated?
Tax preparation shouldn’t be a choice between paying a “professional” or losing a couple of days of your life every April. Most people grouse about the high cost of taxes (and how the government spends...
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Tax Day
I know everyone’s pretty busy and stressed today, what with it being both a Monday and Tax Day, so I will keep this short. I am reminded that in the early 1980s, there was much talk of simplifying the...
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How the NSA Intentionally Weakened Our National Security
Maybe you are in the camp that reasons, “Hey, I’m not doing anything wrong, so it’s no big deal if the NSA tracks my information.” Even if you don’t care about your privacy, it is a big deal, it does...
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Welcome Back to Standard Time
Ah… yesterday, Daylight Saving Time ended for the year and we all got an extra hour to sleep in. Spring ahead, fall back. I’ve never been a fan. While stationed in the tropics (and in Arizona), I...
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Grim Thoughts on the Origins of Veterans Day: Voices From WWI
Note from Lila: we have been fighting in Afghanistan for twelve years now, with ever less and less mention of it in the press. It is our latest Forgotten War, even as it is still ongoing. For all of...
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Health News You Can Use: Cheap Alzheimer’s Prevention?
Check out this article in the Vancouver Sun by Dr. Patrick McGeer: “Government should support clinical trials to learn if ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s.” The thrust: the Kinsmen Laboratory of...
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Before You Buy That All-Terrain Vehicle: Where Can You Ride It?
An explosion in ATV ownership, coupled with a lack of public trails for their use, is a recipe for disappointment. It is not a license to trespass on private property. When we moved to our current...
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The Building Code: Robbing Us of Imagination, Fun, and Personal Responsibility
Building codes should be about buildings, not about people. As you have read here previously, Lila and Hubby are in the process of building a house. This process is much more fluid than I thought it...
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Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?
It’s worth remembering that the “founding fathers” of our country were brave enough to stand up to what they saw as tyranny. They were willing to risk their personal and political fortunes, their...
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A Wasted Organ Transplant: Why Patients’ Social History and Potential SHOULD...
If you were faced with 100 dying people, and could only save 79 of them, how would you choose? Back in 2012, 15-year-old Anthony Stokes was denied a lifesaving heart transplant. Doctors ruled him a bad...
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Cultural Appropriation: I’m Drawing the Line… ALL the Way Back.
I have traveled the world, and there is a lot to love. If I want to wear, eat, own, use, or display anything that takes my fancy, from ANYWHERE… I will. You can stuff your “cultural appropriation”...
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“The Eagle Has Landed.” The 46th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
Lila remembers it, but was roundly unimpressed at the time. In my memory, the first moon landing is inextricably linked to my mother’s death. She died suddenly on 13 July 1969, while we were living...
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Kim Davis and False Christianity
According to the teachings of Jesus, Kim Davis is an adulteress and hypocrite right now. Not just in her past. I’m not a Christian. I’m not trying to convert anybody, one way or the other. However, as...
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Another Misleading Internet Meme
I’m getting tired of seeing certain Internet memes like this one making the rounds. Golly, life is so hard and unfair these days. A 40-hour-a-week job just doesn’t support us anymore. You know what?...
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Tax Time: Why So Complicated?
Tax preparation shouldn’t be a choice between paying a “professional” or losing a couple of days of your life every April. Most people grouse about the high cost of taxes (and how the government spends...
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Dear Aggressively Hypersensitive Victims, Shaming Others Does Not Help Your...
I’m tired of aggressively hypersensitive victims acting as if the whole world has to stop and change the way they live, laugh, and relate. Saturday Night Live is not exactly known as a bastion of...
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