Monthly Archives: January 2005

Behold the power of stu­pid peo­ple with money!

No one has to tell me that salaries aren’t keep­ing pace with infla­tion. Ris­ing gas prices would be bad enough, but now I pay sig­nif­i­cantly more for fewer health ben­e­fits. I guess I’m glad I don’t have any debt other … Read More →

There was a hor­ri­ble bus-truck crash near me last night that resulted in four deaths. The bus was car­ry­ing a women’s hockey team that had just played a game at the War Memo­r­ial. They were on their way for night … Read More →

One deci­sion that often has to be made at large fires is whether to extin­guish them or let them burn out. But every now and then you run into a sit­u­a­tion where you can’t eas­ily make a decisoin one way … Read More →

While our gov­ern­ment focuses on fight­ing ter­ror­ism and run­ning up enor­mous deficits, our global dom­i­nance is slowly shrink­ing. If that con­tin­ues, our cur­rent way of life, espe­cially for the mid­dle class, is doomed.

That the world, and espe­cially the Poles who lived nearby, could over­look such mon­u­men­tal evil is a sor­row I will carry for all of my days. I hope to some­day visit Poland and Ger­many, the places of my ances­tors. Per­haps I … Read More →