La Vida Colorada
The rooftop is cold and inhospitable in the wind and stinging rain, but I grip my Titan and can’t help but smile as I watch the storm front roll in off of the front range into the city. “That’s what I love about Colorado,” Adam says, ” it never forgets to remind you how wild it is.” […]
Keepers of the Bridge
Ivanka was pleasant enough. She smiled a lot and made sure to explain the aging relics of the Ottoman Empire as the van rolled northwards into Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ride was long, and I could not help as the van sat peacefully at the border crossing to think of the 600,000 Bosnians who for […]
Good Things Come to Waiters (and Waitresses)
You’re probably familiar with the saying “good things come to those who wait,” the phrase made popular by a UK ad campaign for Guinness in the 1990’s (if you think I’m wrong about this… check Wikipedia, sucka). Well, in this vein, all of my once loyal and diligent reader(s) (thanks mom(s)!) are about to be […]
Sweet Disposition
Bias. What a bitter word. I can remember I was introduced to it my by 9th grade biology teacher in the context of learning about how science should be taught in schools. We had a whole lesson plan, going through weeks of learning about how what we are taught in the classroom and read on […]
On mammals and dairy
Journalists and bloggers love to be the first to break a story. They love to have history validate their predictions, and be able to have the satisfaction of citing a story they wrote months ago so that they can sit back in their spinney computer chair, and with a grin, type: “I’ve been saying this […]
Manifestos, Madmen, and Misinterpretation
The world was horrified and saddened to turn on the news last Friday, with reports of a man gunning down scores of children on the tiny Norwegian island of Utoya. The shooter, Anders Behring Breivik, apparently adhered to “right-wing” extremist ideologies, and was a self identified Christian. Naturally, when a tragedy such as this one happens, the human […]
Taking the Long Way to Church, Metaphorically Speaking
Sometimes life provides metaphors that are just too perfect not to acknowledge – last Sunday I was provided with such an experience which will help me relate a topic which has weighed heavy on me, and fortuitously happens to be fitting with the general theme of the blog. The day began just as it usually does: I woke […]
Our True National Debt
With all of the political debates going on these days, dividing Americans and stirring up passion and emotion, it can be refreshing to think what it is that has held us together as a country, and who we pay tribute to this Memorial Day: our veterans. This is our most immense national debt. One which […]
The Importance of Incentives
Those who know me know that I have an unhealthy addiction to talkradio. I don’t discriminate much in my listening habits, I’ll listento conservative, progressive, book talk, baseball, whatever. I findthe combination of dynamic radio personalities and often ridiculouscallers to be a recipie for first rate entertainment. My fiancee (andalmost any everday American) disagees, so […]
An Inconvenient Truth About the Economic Environment – Part II
This post is largely in response to a claim made by a reader, Michael. He is a soon to be fellow Miami University alumnus, who pointed out his perception that politicians (particularly speaker John Boehner) tend to oversimplify their assesments of the economy (See response to Feb 17th post). Michael is a bright guy, has the benefit of the education […]
