Monthly Archives: January 2010

Muny v. Kyl–Is Internet Gambling Really a Bad Bet?

Rich Muny, at BigGovernment.com, writes on Jon Kyl’s blocking of several Treasury Department nominations. The reason? Kyl apparently cares a great deal about offshore internet gambling. So much so that for over a decade he has worked on passing a set of enforcement regulations that resulted in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). You [...]
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Joseph Campbell’s Myths to Live By

You can do a lot of thinking on a car trip. Especially when it gets dark, the wife and kids fall asleep, and it’s just you and the road. Over the Christmas break I took the family to Arkansas to visit my Grandmother. And on the trip back, for some reason I started thinking about [...]
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One Week, Exactly Since My Last Post–Is This the End of a Well Intentioned Failure?

Took most of last week off and stayed home so I could be vaguely miserable. I had a cold. The kind that makes you feel just bad enough that you don’t want to do anything but not bad enough that  you can’t.  So of course I took off. Besides, the philosophy around work is that [...]
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Why We Need a New Republican Ticket

Ticket: The list of candidates nominated by a political party in an election. Webster’s New World Dictionary and Thesaurus I want a new a New Republican Ticket. I don’t want a third party. Third parties lose. We’ve got plenty of reasons for dissatisfaction with our current government. Both the Republicans and the Democrats have betrayed [...]
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Yet More What I’m Doing Right Now

Hi, All. Been working on the new header tonight. Not completely happy with it but for now it’ll have to do. Little bit at a time, that’s the way to do it. I’m trying to get at least one of the big posts I worked on over the holidays up by Sunday. We’ll see how [...]
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More of What I’m Doing Right Now

Sure, I want to post everyday. But what do I say?
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What I’m Doing Right Now

Is it right to worry more about the look of your blog than the content? Tune in and We'll talk about it.
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What Works: How I Stopped Sleeping and Learned to Love the Blog

Some things I have found that help me to get by with less sleep
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Big Government and Big Business: Partners in Crime

Big Business and Big Government are not enemies, they are natural allies. Free Markets, and not more government control is required to keep business in check.
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