Interesting story from George Will with important facts and figures: …in 2006, blacks, who are less than 13 percent of the population, were 37.5 percent of all state and federal prisoners. About one in 33 black men was in prison, compared
Engineering Laws
The Laws……. of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. of Gravity Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. of Probability The probability
Rex TV & Appliance
Update – It was interesting to read the business section of the Dayton Daily News and see that others are finally making observations I made nearly two years ago (see below). I commend Rex’s CEO, Stuart Rose, for his resourcefulness in
Great Comedian Passes Away…
You may have seen news that George Carlin passed away… I remember sitting in the house of my friend, Jeff Gilbert, when we were 10 years old and listening to Carlin humor on record albums… Carlin was the first “in-your-face”
StubHub — Seller Beware!
Update – My contacting the Better Business Bureau (BBB) helped us to finally get paid from StubHub. Interestingly, as part of closing the case, the SubHub Customer Care representative told the BBB that they were refunding my $60 fee (see
Petroleum, Capitalism, and Socialism
The cost-of-energy crisis has one benefit. It has helped clarify the economic positions of Democrats versus Republicans. While the capitalistic Republicans cajole everyone about drilling for oil in Alaska and along the coast lines, the socialist Democrats scream about nationalizing the
Beware of Pretenders in Your Midst
This one is from cousin Eitan…
The Political Differences
Kudos to Mark Clower..