I have some thoughts on the tenth anniversary of the Bush VSE speech, over at USA Today.
Mark Kleiman
…seems to have gone off the deep end.
Hmmm…I have a “Jewish-sounding” name.
The Very Far Future
A timeline. A quadrillion years seems like a long time.
Home Schooling Is Not For Everyone
…and neither is public schooling:
…unlike those who wish to suppress homeschooling, homeschool parents are rarely if ever heard demanding that the government pass a law demanding that every other family in the country do things the way they do. Unlike our German friends, homeschool parents do not wish to seize custody of other people’s children simply because they prefer a different model of education. The irony here is that more than a few of our public schools are so dangerous and dysfunctional that sending one’s children there really ought to be considered an act of neglect, if not for the fact that those poor parents have practically no choice in the matter.
It’s not about education. It’s about control.
A Mayor Against Illegal Guns
Schiliro had had police bring 20-year-old Nicholas Dorsam to his home to drink wine, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. When Dorman attempted to leave, Schiliro prevented him from doing so, shooting the gun into a stack of papers and threatened to kill himself. Schiliro later credited Dorsam with helping save his life.
It’s almost as though these anti-gun nuts who want to take away our guns are projecting on us their own lack of control and irresponsibility.
A Private Railroad
…is born in Florida.
I think a high-speed rail between LA and Vegas could potentially make sense, if they tunnel through the mountains.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Here’s an older article about the project. The FEC line runs a couple miles blocks from the house we own in Boca Raton.
The Florida Theater Shooting
Was not a “stand your ground” case. Sounds like he provoked the fight himself.
The Challenger Disaster
Some new pictures, never seen before.
Aspiring To Be Elon
Capitalism
Some thoughts on the false history of its evils.