In life, there is the simple belief that “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” In science and engineering, there is a law that nothing comes for free. This is known as the conservation of energy — you
Religion Classes
You don’t even have to be Catholic to appreciate this one from Joe Knecht… Little Mary Margaret was not the best student in Catholic School. Usually she slept through the class. One day her teacher, a Nun, called on her
Petroleum Company Success
As a shareholder in ExxonMobil, you could probably guess that I’ve been pleased with their stock performance. Over the last year, the stock price has increased from $56/share to $84/share. I recently received my annual report and I decided to
Depraved Radical Moslems
For those of us that regularly read the world news, we have long ago concluded that many Moslems are depraved souls. But yesterday appeared to be a multiple bewitching point with the news filled with examples of these people acting
A Practical Way to Reduce Terrorist Populations
You may have missed the play-by-play story on the Fatah and Hamas Palestinian civil war: “In all, 14 fighters and civilians were killed and 80 wounded in the battle for the Preventive Security complex, bringing the day’s death toll to 25
Basketball Season is Over
Bear and I stayed up to watch the San Antonio Spurs sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals. It was great watching the game on HDTV. We could finally figure out the wording of the tattoos on Lebron’s arms.
Economy: Pro-Capitalists .vs. Anti-Capitalists
An interesting article from Arnold Kling about the Great Depression and economic policy under FDR… Below is a table that summarizes the two sides in the tug-of-war over capitalism. Note: Under “Anti-Capitalist”, you can put Democrat in parentheses. Issue Pro-Capitalist
Israeli and Arab Fighting Dogs
The Israelis and Arabs finally realized that if they continued fighting, they would someday end up destroying the world. So they sat down and decided to settle the whole dispute with a fight between dogs. The negotiators agreed that
A Palestinian Two-State Solution
A great comment from Atlas Shrugs: Someone should propose a “two-state solution” — not with Israel, but between Hamas and Fatah. It would be instructively absurd, demonstrating that “sharing” land they feel absolutely entitled to will never be enough. If
Wireless Electricity?
An interesting technical project at MIT… they appear to have discovered a way to provide electricity without wires. Details about WiTricity, or wireless electricity, are scheduled to be reported today in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science.