Daily Archives: April 8, 2002

Sympathy for the devil

So former Enron executives are getting sued left and right by defrauded stockholders. They’re likely going to lose many of these lawsuits. Do you feel a bit sorry for them because they could lose their homes and fortunes? Please. This … Continue reading Continue reading

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No mystery to me

The editorial writers at the Chron can’t seem to understand why the Sacagawea dollar coin has been a flop, much like the Susan B. Anthony coin was years ago. It’s no mystery to me, y’all. Why carry heavy coins in … Continue reading Continue reading

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Dark skies at night

Guess I’m blogrolling this morning…From War Liberal comes this story about a group of scientists in Arizona who are campaigning for laws to help keep the skies dark at night. Excess light from the city of Tucson is playing havoc … Continue reading Continue reading

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How an engineer photographs America

Via Mark Evanier comes this excellent link about Matt Frondorf, an engineer who drove from New York City to San Francisco with a camera facing out the passenger-side window. He connected the odometer to the shutter release so that the … Continue reading Continue reading

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More Norah-bashing

To further demonstrate that Norah Vincent had no idea what she was talking about when she claimed that “nearly every big-city newspaper in the country” serves up a “bowdlerized opus of [left-wing] ideals” on a daily basis, we have this … Continue reading Continue reading

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