Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
So, my 11-year old son loves to play baseball and I love to watch him play baseball. But when this season kicked-off his team had no coach. So guess who his coach is…that’s right…yours truly. It’s my first time managing a little league baseball team… In the past month I’ve spent approximately 20 hours organizing [...]
In the mid to late 70s, global climate change was a huge concern. In fact I did a research paper on it in my junior or senior year. Here’s what Newsweek had to say on the matter in an editorial: There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and [...]
This is the artist whose 8-track tapes were in my car. He died in 1973, but was still one of my favorites, and I listed to his songs all through high school, and still listen today. I put him in the same category as Buddy Holly, he was just making a name for himself when [...]
So, where does this fit into the mix?
Jag talar Svenska. In a very odd turn of events, I found myself living in Sweden just 3 years after graduating from high school. Prior to becoming more intimately familiar with the land of Sweden and its people, I was a fan of ABBA. I’m not sure why…check that…I do know why. Their tunes were [...]
So, did this dude have anything to do with the demise of Rock & Roll? Do you feel like dancing now?
My Way News – Bin Laden’s Followers Mark 50th Birthday CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Followers of Osama bin Laden flooded Islamic Web sites with pledges of allegiance, videos and pictures Saturday to mark the al-Qaida leader’s 50th birthday, reflecting his importance as a militant symbol even though he has not shown his face for years. [...]
Global Warming advocates are channelling John Fogerty: My Way News – Warming Report to Warn of Coming Drought WASHINGTON (AP) – The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won’t have enough water, top scientists will say next month [...]
In a twist of fate, I also lived in South Shreveport just across the street from Cosmic’s apartment in 1976 and 1977. As a result I had the same 13 mile commute every morning my senior year. But while Cosmic recalls the magical mist of cool mornings on the Jimmie Davis Bridge, I remember a [...]
…has been falling. About three inches so far. Had to go shovel again. At least my leg didn’t get all messed up again.
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