Time for Part 3 of my rambling road trip report from last summer. Part 1 ended in Toledo, Ohio and Part 2 ended in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.I got up the next morning and took advantage of the complimentary breakfast before heading out on the road. There was some decent weather, so I pulled off the road to setup the GoPro again. This time I wedged it in place in the … [Read more...] about 2013 Road Trip Report – Part 3: Connecticut
Fourth Annual Windypundit Coastal Dash: This Time It’s Backwards
For the fourth year in a row, I'll be making a road trip to the east coast. This time, however, I'll be going in the opposite direction from my usual pattern: I'll be heading down into Kentucky on the way out before going up to Avalon, New Jersey for a few days at the shore.As usual, it would be great to meet up with some of you along the way. So far I've managed to visit … [Read more...] about Fourth Annual Windypundit Coastal Dash: This Time It’s Backwards
2013 Road Trip Report – Part 2: The Zen of Driving
Time for Part 2 of my rambling road trip report from last summer. Part 1 ended with me going to sleep outside Toledo. The next morning I woke up and hit the road: Interstate 80 eastbound. This was to be my longest drive of the trip, just over 450 miles to Scranton, Pennsylvania. With a reasonable number of stops for a break along the way, it's not exactly grueling.At the … [Read more...] about 2013 Road Trip Report – Part 2: The Zen of Driving
5 Years of the Business Cycle
I've been seeing this chart meme in a few places lately:Obama Economy MemeThe URL at the bottom indicates it's from the folks at "I love it when I wake up in the morning and Barack Obama is President." I'm assuming the numbers are accurate. There's no date on it, but with that Dow number it has to be fairly recent.Economic recessions are, by definition, … [Read more...] about 5 Years of the Business Cycle
Selfish Billionaires
Divid Sirota at In These Times has a mind-boggling complaint about rich people: [...] Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced a $120 million donation to San Francisco-area schools. That donation came only a few years after California considered a ballot measure to increase funding for its schools. Zuckerberg was notably absent from the campaign to pass the measure.That detail … [Read more...] about Selfish Billionaires