Why we are in the financial mess we are in

Thanks to the other McCain. This is brilliant, and I am trying to get it viral . Read More

Linkage… (avoid folly, folks)

Vanessa argues that school hours should be short. She's right. We always have had an aristocracy, and they always get away with crimes that others are convicted for. Anonymous is annoyed by this, and is going to take down the US prosecution servicesRead More

The Beltway will shatter.

We are living in a time of imperial over reach. By the denizens of the capitals of the old West, in particular those who inhabit Brussels and Washington. For not only do they interfere with the customs and ancient rights of free people -- destroying the spirit of the English with an increasingly regulated "Health and Safety" culture -- Read More

It’s a battle, and the unprepared lose.

In my quiet quest to exegete the lectionary for the day, I have discussed verses that offend the feminists and the churchians. Now for something that offends the pacifists. Firstly, the spirit of this age is our enemy. It always has been. It will… Read More

On the (aging) casualties of the market.

What Market. The mating one. Which exists. Only fools do not acknowledge this. And as we age, we become less attractive. Consider the folk music scene. Today's artist is Steeleye Span. The slides from this video were taken in 1974.... singing about an ugly witch (alison groves)