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NO THEY CAN’T by JOHN STOSSEL

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

…WHY GOVERNMENT FAILS– BUT INDIVIDUALS SUCCEED. This is libertarian John Stossel’s retort to the big government political slogan “Yes We Can”.  It is his latest book for individual freedom of choice and against overbearing government.  Stossel was a consumer reporter … Continue reading →

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YES! My PRINT edition of Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2012 finally arrived.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

You can tell I’m easily pleased. I’ve been plowing through L.Q. Spring 2012: Means of Communication via my online access subscription satisfactorily enough. It’s all there, the essays and extracts of Voices in Time, the art from around the world … Continue reading →

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2011 in review

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. 9/29/2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Thoughts On The News. Let’s try this again from the iPad2. WordPress is a bit difficult. It’s cumbersome from here. It’s the app as much as the iPad. Typing is no picnic either. As a touch typist since junior high … Continue reading →

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T.O.T.N. – Wed. 9/28/2011 – Part DUH! (Deux)(Two)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

(Thoughts On The News.) Massachusetts Man Plotted to Blow Up Pentagon, U.S. Capitol Using Model Plane, Feds Say Excerpts that speak for themselves: “A 26-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to blow up the Pentagon and … Continue reading →

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NYT Slams Obama Administration!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

If this isn’t a harbinger of doom for the anointed one’s 2012 re-election then nothing is. In two separate articles (one ‘reporting’, the other ‘editorial, though it’s often hard to tell the difference in this publication) the New York Times … Continue reading →

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The End of Ski Season

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

You won’t believe this. Last Thursday morning my 72 year-old ski bud who I ski with at Copper Mountain a lot called me at the condo. He and his wife had gone to Steamboat for a couple of days early … Continue reading →

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VIA DELLE OCHE by

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

… Carlo Lucarelli. The final book in the DeLuca Trilogy. (My comments on the first two: (THE DAMNED SEASON by…, CARTE BLANCHE by Carlo Lucarelli .) Did I say book two concluded with a nice segue to book three? Guess I should have … Continue reading →

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Lunch in Lucerne

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

We didn’t leave Lucerne until mid-late afternoon.  If you had found your way to the base of the steps at the church of the twin spires: …around 1 or 2 pm you would have found us having lunch at the … Continue reading →

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Lee Shayler’s Blindness Walk

Posted on April 26, 2010 by

There have been many articles and news items recently about Highlands Ranch resident Lee Shayler’s charity walk for blindness: Highlands Ranch Herald: Blind man on a 1,000-mile quest 9News TV: Blind man to walk 1 mph for 1,000 straight hours … Continue reading →

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