One of my biggest fears about financial security in retirement ... is the progressive/Democratic push to find ways to tax the assets I (and...

Some day ... some sweet, fine day ... the level of stupid on the Internet may decline to match the level of stupid in the general populatio...

Geek: Toki Pona ... the human language equivalent of Forth !

Linus downplays AI dangers...   But he says it much more entertainingly than I did: “I just don’t see the situation where you suddenly ha...

Am I a “Real Programmer”?   I ran across this article in my morning reading, and the further I got into it the more it piqued my interest. ...

Maps of the world ... made by the Soviets.  Fascinating story , and some of the maps ...

Progress in Paradise, compressed air edition...   On Friday the folks that made my new workbench called me and said it was ready for deliv...

Morning in Paradise...   Miki, Race, and I took yet another route this morning, totaling about 2.5 miles round trip.  When we left, the moun...

So, I've finished reading ... the text of the Iran deal (formally the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”, or JCPOA).  It's availa...

A pleasant evening's walk in Paradise...   Miki, Race, and I took a slightly different route tonight than our usual two mile (round trip...

Want to read the full text of the Iran nuclear deal?   Here it is ...

I read things ... and sometimes don't stop before they bring on the doom . What pathetic wimps our citizenry includes...

The Chattanooga shooting were not a senseless act of violence...   Mark Steyn schools us, and wonders where the righteous anger is .  Good ...

We escaped from California ... just in time ...

New word of the day...   Seen here .  The word is “offenderati”.  Best definition I found: The  people in this world who eagerly await the...

Headline of the day...   From Ace, writing at Ace of Spades HQ (which, if you're not reading daily you certainly should be.  This just ...

A very sad story ... that displays the resistance here to California-style parental smothering.  In West Valley City (just southwest of Sal...

Here's something I never expected to see ... Muhu Island in Estonia, featured as a tourist destination in the New York Times .  The rea...

A diplomat's view ... of the Iran deal.  The interviewee is Charles Hill , a diplomat with quite the impressive set of experience...

ObamaCare ... the pain has just begun.  If you've been paying attention to the facts, as opposed to the politicians, this won't be...