Holiday Cheer

2020 has been an awful year, not least because years are arbitrary divisions of passing time, so there's no guarantee the awfulness will end just because the year has. Nevertheless, I learned some important lessons this year. In the interest of brevity, I'm going to boil it down to just three main points: One about the pandemic, one about Trump, and one about myself.The … [Read more...] about 2020: Lessons Learned

Over at Popehat, in the spirit of the Christmas, Ken White has suggested three charities you could donate to this season. Although I have no problem with donating to any of them, I thought I'd offer a few suggestions of my own.To start with, I'm a regular donor to the Reason Foundation. This is the parent organization of Reason magazine, which is the flagship libertarian … [Read more...] about The Giving Season

Just a little local color: … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas!

Today I'm thankful so many stores have chosen to be open on Thanksgiving. I've always found those holidays where everything in the world is closed to be more than a little creepy.Not everybody is happy about the new retailing plans for Thanksgiving. I got a link in the mail to this marginally coherent change.org petition asking Kohl's department stores not to open on … [Read more...] about Thanks For Shopping

Just had a gigantic Thanksgiving dinner at some friends' house. Filled with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and ice cream. Feeling sleepy...trying to stay awake by doing stuff on the computer...not going...to...make...it... … [Read more...] about Thanks For All That Food