Month: January 2010

The Senator From Exxon Mobil

Actually there is more than one Senator from Exxon, but for the moment lets give that title to Lisa Murkowski of Alaska (f/k/a Sarah Palinland) who knows a good publicity stunt when she sees one led a brazen Republican...

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My Thoughts On The Book King Lear

Good hours, excellent pay, fun place to work, paid training, mean boss. Oh well, four out of five isn’t bad. Written about 1605, “King Lear” is one of Shakespeare’s four major tragedies, based on an old...

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What is Happiness

It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other...

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Open Thread

It’s annoying that both NFL games today are being played in domes. I like my football with mud, rain, and snow. It looks like the Jets are going to come up short. They had a good run. I’d like to root for the Saints...

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