Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The esteemed Palm Beach Day Academy brought in author Jerry Spinelli on this subject: Striding to the front of the auditorium to launch his talk, the father of six made another important point: Don't overlook the value of failure and the importance of persistence. He quizzed the kids about what they would do if they, …
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This week, I'm going to veer away from the "Top 40" stuff in this series of music alluded to in the novel The Ten Weeks. And veer is a nice way to put it: it's a video of Jethro Tull's "A New Day Yesterday," originally on their second album, Stand Up. This live performance comes …
I've seen this elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere, but it's good when someone who really knows what they're talking about points this out: In 1960, only 3% of tax filers paid a 30% or higher marginal tax rate. By 1980, after the inflation of the 1970s, the share was closer to 33%. In 1981, Congress …
One wonders what he or his advisors were thinking: Yesterday, however, stark reality of a very different sort intruded: News broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Soon enough, the full impact of the horror became evident: 13 dead, another 30 injured. The full details and investigation of the …
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City Journal's article concerning Westchester County's (NY) election of a Republican county executive (news in and of itself) highlights one of the American left's long-term goals: the complete levelling of people relative to location, so that you don't have "good neighbourhoods" and "bad neighbourhoods" any more. Although the right is usually diligent in documenting the …
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I wonder what they would have done if his comeback was that he thought civil marriage itself was wrong.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fans in Dudley, MA, need to do the math: Voters last night added language to a town by-law that will make it illegal to own more than three cats without a kennel license, though Selectman Steven Sullivan said housing three felines was already a violation. The local rodents are already …
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Just a few random thoughts on this: First, the crow to eat: I assumed that assaults on Bob McDonnell by the WaPo and other media would sink him in a serious contest, esp. in Northern Virginia. They didn't; that's a testament to the quality campaign that he ran (which connected with VA voters) and the …
Continuing the "Top 40" music alluded to in the novel The Ten Weeks is the Osmond Brothers' "One Bad Apple." The Osmond Brothers were certainly the main "competitors" to the Jackson 5 at the time. It's interesting to note that, while the Osmonds were (and are) Mormons, the Jackson 5 were Jehovah's Witnesses, and that …
This, from a place I'm well familiar with: Bryan, TX, and the station that was television for Aggies without cable: http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=V3829976&m=931633
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