In about a month I'm going to take another road trip out to the east coast. I'll be driving from Chicago to the Jersey shore, and then on the return trip I'll probably swing south through Virginia and Kentucky on my way back to Chicago.The last time I made this trip, my wife and I met up with fellow blogger Mirriam and her great family outside of Washington. I haven't made any … [Read more...] about Second Annual Windypundit Coastal Dash
What the Nobel Peace Prize Winner is Up To These Days
Andrew Napolitano describes it this way: The leader of the government regularly sits down with his senior generals and spies and advisers and reviews a list of the people they want him to authorize their agents to kill. They do this every Tuesday morning when the leader is in town. The leader once condemned any practice even close to this, but now relishes the killing because … [Read more...] about What the Nobel Peace Prize Winner is Up To These Days
Decoration Day
Memorial Day always makes me think of my father. He was a veteran of World War II and he was born on May 30, the traditional date for Memorial Day, although my dad always called it by its original name, Decoration Day. It was, in origin, a day for decorating the graves of soldiers. Fortunately, the day doesn't have a lot of personal significance for me. Other than veterans like … [Read more...] about Decoration Day
Fragment by Warren Fahy – Review
I like to browse through Amazon's catalog of cheap e-books to see if I can find anything interesting. As you'd expect, many of them aren't very good and probably wouldn't have been published in the days before on-demand printing and digital distribution. However, I thought it might be fun to blog about some of the better ones. (My first review is here.)This time I'd like to … [Read more...] about Fragment by Warren Fahy – Review
Everybody Does It – Part 2: Relative Judgement
In Jack Marshall's list of 24 unethical rationalizations for bad behavior, the number one rationalization -- the king of all rationalizations -- is "Everybody Does It." Although I agree in principle, I find it interesting to explore the nuances and exceptions. In Part 1 I discussed cultural norms, and how sometimes ethical behavior is defined by what everybody … [Read more...] about Everybody Does It – Part 2: Relative Judgement