Author: Marie2

Cruz’s Health Insurance Tax Subsidy

Apparently Senator Cruz has been bragging that he’s not on the federal dole for health insurance as part of his Senate benefits package.  Posturing some sort of moral and fiscal high ground that gives him the right to...

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Three Essays To Read And Ponder

First is the beautifully written Chronicle Of A Death Retold by James Wolcott in Vanity Fair.  Echoes from possibly my favorite Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold likely biased my opinion of...

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Sticky Fingers

The nice lady accountant for the Rialto USD failed to deposit all the cash collected from students for school lunches.  For years.  As reported by the LA Times:   Judith Oakes, 48, was charged with multiple felony...

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A Note On NSA Utah Data Center

Not ready for prime time.  From the WSJ Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center. The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the data center’s construction. Chief of Construction Operations, Norbert Suter said, “the...

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A Bit Beyond The News

A man who did well by doing good. Santa Monica Airport jet crash: Two of the [four] victims were unofficially identified Monday when Los Angeles-based construction company Morley Builders announced its chief executive, Mark...

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