Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Move Your Business to Texas

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Have a business that you would like to relocate from say California or New York? For the 4th year in a row Texas is ranked #1 for business growth by CEOs.
While Texas ranked first, California ranked dead last. Amazing. It is like two different countries. And New York ranked next to last.
I have lived [...]

Everything is Amazing, But Nobody is Happy

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Pervasive Corporate Workplace Discrimination

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Marty Nemko, who works as a career counseling in Oakland, CA, writes of today’s workplace: “The rule seems to be: discriminate–as long as the ones being discriminated against are white males.”
This is so true. Corporate America has in place a vast system of affirmative action that is targeted at lifting women and minorities at the [...]

Border Fence vs. Multiculturalism

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Mickey Kaus asks: “Isn’t the border fence shovel-ready?“
Great question. In fact, shouldn’t this be at the top of the list for the federal spending extravaganza that is about to begin?
My guess is that President Obama, like McCain and Bush, doesn’t like the fence at all. Our political elites like the open borders policy. So what [...]

President Barack Obama Steps Forward

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I just watched Obama’s full inauguration speech. I thought he did a magnificent job. I watched him on TV tonight some too, like at the opening of the Commander-in-Chief Ball when he talked with some US troops in Afghanistan via a video feed. Obama is a pretty cool guy.
I hope that he governs from [...]

Microsoft’s Arrogance Seen in Office 2007

Monday, January 5th, 2009

I hate Microsoft Office 2007. I bought a new PC for home use some time ago, but still use Office 2003 at work. Every time I use Office 2007 I get annoyed because Microsoft so radically changed the user interface for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. I have always been a fan of Microsoft because they [...]

All I Want for Christmas, Two Versions

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

For a Christmas song with a rock edge, here is a contest. The woman in the band Vince Vance and the Valiants can really belt it out. (Vince and his guitar player wrote this tune.) But then next is LeAnn Rimes - and she is no slacker at belting it [...]

An Unstoppable Eugenic Future

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Technology will be bringing us a brave new world regarding reproduction, as Randall Parker (Futurepundit) predicts:
I predict a big shift toward in vitro fertilization (IVF) as we learn more about what all the genetic variations mean. Once genetic testing of embryos can provide enormous details about the future of potential offspring many prospective parents will [...]

Some, Well, Serious Tree Huggers

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Nut jobs or not? You decide (via Confederate Yankee).

Sarah Palin’s vs. Obama’s Inexperience

Friday, August 29th, 2008

McCain has picked Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his VP running mate. Democrats, and some Republicans too, are criticizing this pick saying she has insufficient experience. To this Ed Morrissey writes:
Why would he put a small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?
This is a real laugher. By the same logic, why [...]

We Should Lower the Drinking Age

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

100 college presidents came out last week in support of lowering the drinking age to 18. I agree with them. If you are old enough to vote and go to war and fight and perhaps die for your country - then you should be able to drink legally.
Imagine that you just fought in Iraq for [...]