Archive for October 2013
More thoughts on the Washington Redskins name controversy
Back in March, when the Washington Post was leading the preseason charge to pressure the Redskins to change their name, I wrote a short post suggesting the team shouldn’t change the name, making two main points: (1) the word “redskin” is no longer commonly used to refer to Native American people at all, and (2)…
Read MoreBuild a $50 workbench and start woodworking
A few weeks ago, I picked up a book at the library with some furniture projects I wanted to build around the house, “Ridiculously Simple Furniture Projects: Great Looking Furniture Anyone Can Build.” Author Spike Carlsen breaks projects down into just one or two pages of instructions with beautiful pictures and minimal material and tool…
Read MoreFacing the truth on the debt limit
David Friedman has a very good post on The Debt Limit and Default that makes two essential points for cutting through the hyperbole in the news about the risks of not raising the country’s debt limit. (1) Our government takes in enough revenues to make all interest payments on existing debt and (2) even defaulting…
Read MoreWhy are you buying enchilada sauce?
We just got back from vacation late Friday night and I was going to make dinner for the family to give Valerie a break. Simple bean and cheese enchiladas; refried beans, corn tortillas, pepper jack cheese, and enchilada sauce. We had the first three things in the house, but no enchilada sauce. I considered driving…
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