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Archive for April, 2005

Upon arriving in Lafayette Saturday, I looked up one of my old friends, who invited me to a family gathering. His daughter, a freshman in high school, had taken third this weekend in a debate tournament at the state level. She complained that it was a terrible topic, State Security and Civil Liberties. I agreed [...]

Food in Cajun Country
Saturday, April 9th, 2005

I got a new cell phone, a Motorola V220 that has a built-in camera. Hopefully pictures will get a little better as I master brightness and zoom controls. I had to email this picture to myself, which involves a small fee. I aim to get help in downloading pictures to my computer; the USB driver [...]

TSA Going, Going, Gone…or Is It?
Friday, April 8th, 2005

The TSA is dead…long live the TSA?
MSNBC echoes (link dead) the Washington Post report that “The Transportation Security Administration, once the flagship agency in the nation’s $20 billion effort to protect air travelers, is now slated for dismantling.”

Book Report: Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Thursday, April 7th, 2005

I picked up Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis after hearing about it on one those sports commentary shows: Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, I don’t remember. I expected a lecture on economics and baseball, two subjects that are near and dear. Before the insanity of high school sports [...]

Nobody Likes to Work in Their Own Mess
Thursday, April 7th, 2005

In response to the Senate giving their blessing to open up 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, Lisa makes a fair but provocative point on CAGW’s Blog (link dead):
Unfortunately the cost of crude is not the reason that the price will continue to skyrocket. It is due to the under capacity of refining [...]