Courtesy of StrangeCosmos… This IQ Test only requires 3 correct answers out of 10! 1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get cat gut? 4) In
Month: January 2013
Great Quotes About People
“It’s not the people who are in prison worry me. It’s the people who aren’t.” – Art Gore
Who Did I Leave Out?
I just received my tax return for 2011 back from the IRS. It puzzles me… They are questioning how many dependents I claimed. I guess it was because of my response to the question: “List all dependents” I replied: 20
Middle East – Dictators vs Democracies
Monarchies are by definition not democratic. They are, however, more stable than anything else in the Middle East and North Africa at the moment… Hosni Mubarak noted, “The Iraqis were incapable of democracy; you don’t understand them like I do;
Educational Success – from Parents or Administrators?
An interesting perspective in the article, The Best Teacher Evaluation “Plan” is a Free Market in Education. Parents should have the final say on the competency of those who educate their children. More broadly, parents should have the freedom to direct
Hollywood and a Violent Society
I recall going to the theater in 1983 to see the movie, Scarface, and being appalled at the amount of harsh language and in-human violence. I was so embarrassed by the violet scenes in the movie that I actually apologized to my date. It’s interesting
FBI Statistics
This is an interesting perspective
It’s All Rhetoric and Blame
This is an interesting perspective…
Tyranny in the Obama World
The Obama initiatives make you ponder about the past… The famous classic liberal, Friedrich Hayek noted: “the power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that
A Culture of Liars – Armstrong and Obama
It’s the world we live in today… The habitual and pathological liars such as Lance Armstrong and Barack Obama are deified as the messianic saviors. While Newsweek asks if Obama is the second coming of Christ, the Washington Post: asks, “Is