Monthly Archives: February 2010

Dumb camera tricks

Note: Weekend op-ed, Smile! You’re on YouTube “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems, 1999 Last week two Winnipeg high school teachers were suspended pending a decision on whether they’ll be fired or not. … Continue reading

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The Other War

If you’ll look here you’ll find Ollie North’s article on the narco wars south of the Rio Grande. North warns, rightly I think, of the violence in Mexico related to drug gangs, spreading murder and kidnapping to the U.S. But… … Continue reading

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Training with Guro Danny again

This weekend I drove four-and-a-half hours to Minneapolis to the Minnesota Kali Group school to train with Guro Danny Inosanto. Danny was one of Bruce Lee’s senior students, and his choice to carry on his art of Jeet Kune Do. … Continue reading

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The Mt. Vernon Statement

Note: A Slightly shorter version of this appeared as my weekend op-ed. Mt. Vernon was livelier in the 18th century On Wednesday, Feb. 17, a group of prominent conservatives unveiled The Mt. Vernon Statement, a ringing call to return to … Continue reading

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Two stupid bureaucrat stories in one week

I’m on some kind of roll. I got two stupid bureaucrat stories in quick succession last week. Number one story: Representative Pomeroy (D-ND) came to our town to meet one-on-one with our local hospital administrator. Yours Truly, the Congressman’s aid … Continue reading

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Avatar, the lure of Neverland

Note: This weekend I decided to do a fun kind of op-ed for the paper. OK, everybody else in the world has commented on it, so I suppose it’s my turn. James Cameron’s Avatar broke box-office records to become the … Continue reading

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In union there is strength… but whose?

One of the president’s nominations is coming up pretty soon, one Craig Becker, nominated to the National Labor Relations Board. From Employment Law Update, April 27, 2009. “President Obama has announced his plans to nominate Craig Becker and Mark Pearce … Continue reading

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A bad year for the reputation of science

Note: My weekend op-ed. This year began badly for the reputation of science. Bad news from the the global warming front. First came the scandal of the hacked emails from the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit which revealed … Continue reading

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None explain it better, few as well

“For every hundred men who can design a utopia on paper, you’ll find maybe three who can run a chicken farm.” -Author unknown When Thomas Sowell passes from this vale of tears (Not soon I hope! But he is in … Continue reading

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How to slant a news article

By now everyone has heard that James O’Keefe, one of the dynamic duo who revealed ACORN as the criminal enterprise it is, was arrested in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in New Orleans for allegedly trying to bug her phones, … Continue reading

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