So there we were, spent a great weekend camping at French Creek State Park. We packed up and hooked up in a light drizzle and pulled the Prairie Schooner down to the dump station for my chance to practice for the RV sequel. At the dumping station just in front of us was a couple with their...
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.” ...
There’s an old saying, You can get it fast, you can get high quality, you can get it cheap, pick any two. Well it would seem that adage also pertains to the burgeoning micro car market: Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price, but the insurance industry says they...
NEW York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller equated the Gray Lady to a PBS pledge drive, claiming readers have offered to donate money to keep the Times alive. Keller was speaking at Stanford University to dedicate a new building for the campus newspaper -- an event he likened to a "ribbon-cutting"...
Everyone is in an uproar. Bailout vixen AIG paid millions in bonus money to employees even after accepting bailout money (and they have also sent some bailout money to companies overseas). This is a good thing, right? I mean the rats did a terrible job running their company, why should they get bonus...
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it. Source: Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand -- Capitalism Magazine Follow that link, especially if you’ve never read Atlas Shrugged . Why is it...
(CNN) -- Terrell Owens, a former San Francisco 49er and a former Philadelphia Eagle, is now a former Dallas Cowboy. The Cowboys released Owens late Wednesday, according to published reports. Source: Report: Dallas Cowboys release WR Terrell Owens - CNN.com First he’s let go by San Fran, then canned by...
(CNN) -- President Obama said Tuesday that the country already is "seeing shovels hit the ground" on the first infrastructure repair project funded through the Transportation Department's share of the $787 billion stimulus bill. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, "The work begins...
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't." - Anatole France Source: Reference, Facts, News - Free and Family-friendly Resources - Refdesk.com If we use that standard, it looks...
Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignty. The California Democrat is pushing the Obama administration to review the U.N. Convention...
- Posted: Wednesday, February 25 2009






