Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad that wide attention is finally being paid to the conditions of animals in factory farms. The Washington Post has a story today revealing the findings of two new studies.
Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining rural America’s economic stability and [...]
I don’t understand this moral outrage people feel about the rising cost of gas. The Declaration of Independence does not say we have the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and cheap gas. That’s not the way it works. That’s not the way capitalism works.
I’ll admit that I might be biased. I sold [...]
It’s interesting to me how the people who favor Clinton manage to turn a discussion around and find a way to make Obama look like the one who can’t “seal the deal.” This has been aggravating me for a while, but my simmering disgruntlement came to a boil after the Pennsylvania primary.
I’ve been planning a [...]
I don’t write much about personal finance, mostly because I still don’t really feel that I have any idea what I’m talking about. It is a topic I’m very interested in, however, as you can tell by the sheer number of PF blogs on my blogroll.
Money, possibly because I’ve never had much, fascinates me. How [...]
I think the thing that most concerns me about the election thus far is the 28 percent of Clinton backers who say they’d vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination. (Not to be outdone, 19 percent of Obama backers say they would vote for McCain if Clinton won the nomination.) After eight years of [...]
Sometimes (alas, far too rarely) a term actually means exactly what it sounds like.
Joint Resolution: An action in Congress - often used to convey Congress’s opinion on an issue - that both branches must approve by a two-thirds vote before the president can sign it into law. A joint resolution, and not a bill, is [...]
The CEO of my company is apparently a huge fan of professional networking sites like LinkedIn and Naymz. I joined LinkedIn on his suggestion right after I was hired, and recently I’ve been getting a number of invitations for Naymz. I got another invite today, and I decided to talk to the HR woman about [...]
