For more than 30 years, we’ve been attending the annual ATP tennis event in northern Cincinnati (about 45 minutes from our home). It’s not been one of the better years for player participation at the Cincinnati tennis tournament. Only
Who is Pushing Totalitarianism?
If you recall, this site promotes the notion that politics is inherently an inextricable tension between Tyranny and Anarchy… A good summary from Daniel Greenfield about recent flare-ups in the US: Extremists want to eliminate the consensus of civil society.
How to Rein-in Bloated Government?
From Rand Paul… This would be a reasonable first step. It’s a start towards what we in private industry refer to as ‘zero-based budgeting’: The Legislative Performance Review Act would place a four-year expiration date on all new budget authority
The Hypocrisy of ‘Diversity’ as a Business Objective
Update I think the title of this article in the Washington Examiner sums it up best: Google is more afraid of liberal outrage than federal law In other words, the leadership at Google likely recognizes that they are violating federal
Flowers in Our Garden
As a follow-up to the previous posting on our efforts with horticulture (found here), I’ve included photos of the various flowers that we’ve raised in our Ohio summer garden (mostly from seeds):
Leftist Media Continues As Before…
There have been little or no repercussions for the many bouts of wrong-doing from the Obama generation (IRS, VA, JournoList, etc.)… Heck if Obama could operate openly with spite towards the United States and the Constitution, why would you expect
Putting More than $100 Million into Library Facilities
In this day and age when hard-copy printed media is disappearing, the Dayton Daily News shares an article about investing $64M for a new downtown library. The story is subtitled “What taxpayers are getting for their money.” While the facilities
Garden Panorama
At this point you’ve probably discovered that I am an avid horticulturist (fancy word for ‘gardener’). This year I planted Vinca vines at the top of my lattice panels (which love to grow downwards) and Morning Glory vines at the
New Approach for Growing Pumpkins
Update The experiment has delivered some initial results. While the plant started to grow a nice sized pumpkin, it appears that the vining plant does not like growing in the vertical direction. All of the leaves have slowly died off
5’9″ Israeli Tennis Player Beats 6’10” American
I would have never thought that Sela could beat Isner… Is this a replay of ‘David vs Goliath’? Go figure: American John Isner is out of the tournament as the No. 23 seed lost to Dudi Sela 6-7 (5), 7-6