“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Picking up the check
Everything we do requires trade-offs. Say “yes” to one opportunity, and you have to say “no” to others. Choose the right turn; miss out on the adventures to your left. Everything has an opportunity cost, and there is no way to avoid paying it. TANSTAAFL and all that jazz. One of the marks of maturity […]
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Independence themes
Happy birthday, my fellow Americans! Don’t forget to read the birth announcement today! Many of you are setting off fireworks illegally today. Just tell the police officer giving you the ticket that you’re celebrating in the spirit of the holiday. I’m sure that will work. If the power of both remains the same, you will […]
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Our own masters?
Sometimes you come across something so unbelievable stupid, you want to facepalm, smack the fool out of people, and bless their hearts all at the same time. For example: Um. <blinking eyes rapidly> pic.twitter.com/TfLukF48ZO — Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 28, 2015 For example with buy cialis line this is something you will probably need to buy […]
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Happily celebrating destruction
I was fifteen when the Berlin Wall fell. I remember watching the newscasts. At least I think I remember watching; maybe I’m remembering watching them in school after the event. But I’m pretty sure I watched it on the evening news. Everybody watched the evening news in those days if you can believe that. My […]
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Making better people
When I first started homeschooling, people would ask, “They let you do that?” I had to work to keep calm when answering, not because I was irritated at the questioner, but because of the too-common assumptions behind the question. “They” (the government) “let” (gives their consent to) “you” (Me: a private, free citizen) “do that?” […]
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A bone to pick with the books
For our history studies, we use “living books” — i.e. not textbooks — and are basically just reading through American history. Now granted these books, especially those we use for the boys, are not 300-page, in-depth studies of all the twists, turns, events, and people who make our history. They’re 40-60 page summations that hit […]
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Building better people
Warning: I’ve got my ranting pants on. The White House is working with a dozen different federal agencies to form “nudge squads” of “Behavioral Insights Teams” to “nudge” Americans into “correct” ways of living. From the Behavioral Insights Team document: “The federal government is currently creating a new team that will help build federal capacity […]
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Laugh or cry
Look at this adorable little representation of the violation of our freedoms. Cute, huh? And this amusing video of American citizens signing a petition to repeal the Bill of Rights. We’re laughing our way to tyranny. Sure some people are concerned, but it all seems rather subdued considering the enormity of the violation. It does […]
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Liberty and Adventure
On July 4, 1804, Captains Lewis and Clark and the rest of the Corps of Discovery celebrated the first Independence Day west of the Mississippi by firing off their cannon. They were at the beginning of a grand adventure that was the first steps in opening the West to their countrymen. In addition to this […]
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We’re all under surveillance now
This week the Supreme Court ruled that those being arrested, not convicted of any crime, can have their DNA taken and entered into a database to compare against DNA taken from cold cases. Last week a federal judge ruled that Google must turn over records to the government, even though the FBI had no warrant, […]
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