Month: January 2006

The Cost Benefit Presidency

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time a very “smart” man demanded a car be built that would weigh no more than 2000 pounds and cost no more than $2000. That man was Lee Iacocca, and the car was the Ford Pinto....

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Brown People

Cross Posted at Daily Kos Interesting and revealing article in this week’s issue of Time Magazine: Before heading to Congress, Republican J.D. Hayworth of Arizona was a sportscaster with a signature home-run call:...

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Thursday Garden Journal – 1

For many years I have dreamed of having a self-sufficient garden that would produce an abundance of organic vegetables. John Seymour’s books on the subject and Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew have inspired me. I...

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