Collecting My Thoughts

Greenspan bursts some bubbles Demand driven by expection I think is a fancy phrase for greed "I do not doubt that a low U.S. federal-fu...

4427 When is an increase a decline? When journalists look at job figures and the economy. My friend A.Z. and I were reminiscing about housi...

I don't know where Florida Cracker finds her news stories, but she's always entertaining. (She's a librarian.) Women are appare...

Mike addresses the immigration problem Sure, it would be nice if he'd jumped in earlier, but this is workable , certainly better than w...

4424 CIA Freedom of Information web site In 2000, before 9/11 and the current war, the CIA prepared a 15 year forecast . [These are scanned...

4423 When Blacks are sentenced Michael Vick, a black football player, is to get 23 months for dog fighting. And he deserves every minute an...

And if they are lazy? "OSU Extension/University District, a member of the Franklin County Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition, is looki...

Should Al Gore be required lose weight? Should environmentalists lead the way to reducing the impact of obesity on the environment? [Interes...

Bride inherited bad genes Dear Abby (Jeanne Phillips) had a letter from a distraught mother last week. She was giving her daughter a lavis...

If the election were today the lawyers representing both parties would be lining up to sue over the electronic voting, because they haven...

Our no renters policy Our condo association has an owner-occupied-only policy. Unfortunately, some owners who are quite wealthy, spend hal...

The Bali Earthquake After the ridiculous vision of 10,000 people flying to Bali to discuss global warming and stay in tents (imagine the ...

Gasoline conservation tips Save on food prices. Put corn in cows, pigs and chickens, not cars. Gasoline prices in central Ohio range from ab...

In Ohio if the election were tomorrow Given the margin of error and the undecideds, Huckabee could beat Clinton in Cincinnati, Ohio, and doe...

Remembering why I hate coupons Generally, I refuse to play games with my food--coupons, sweepstakes, loyalty cards, filling out forms on th...

It's not too late to purchase American made gifts. Made in the USA has some lovely things--glass, pottery, toys, backpacks, etc. You c...

4412 Usually this is called homophobia observes James Taranto, on the "proof" provided by the Idaho Statesman on Larry Craig. I w...

SpudNuts redux Certain blog entries get hits regularly--broken zippers, frozen car doors, the auto show, Fornesetti plates, Roger Vernam--a...

Hackers hit Oak Ridge I've lost track of how many times my information has been stolen at Ohio State and the state of Ohio. Sometimes...

They laughed at me and moved on Years ago, when I was a bit more militant about women's accomplishments, I suggested at a faculty meeti...