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Well, a year that was really two tales. The first half was great – visits from friends we hadn’t seen in years (like Thom Hardy and his wife Mabvuto) – a great trip to Jamaica, where we had worked, met, and gotten married (our first trip back in 25 years, the introduction to Jamaica for…

I’d picked up on this book because the author reviewed another book on economics in the Wall Street Journal – and slyly slipped in a little promotion for his own book. So I looked his book up on amazon, read a few of the posted reviews, and bought it (second hand, of course). The book…

We had a lovely visit yesterday from Dan and Kathy Brusstar, along with their three children, Joe, Suzanne and Mary Margaret. I have known Dan for about 15 years, and Kathy worked part-time for me, back when she was Kathy Thompson. And I am Mary Margaret’s godfather. I took a few pictures, and since since…

A summary from the Washington Times – Pope issues call to battle terror, poverty – World – insider.washingtontimes.com

Spending the evening at home with one excited nine year old, and a twelve year old who’s a little excited. And Brigid who’s prepping a turkey for tomorrow Go here to track Santa NORAD Tracks Santa 2005 Merry Christmas!

The Washington Post ran this editorial yesterday – it begins: "HERE IS A STORY of courage, hope and love, though you have to go backward in time from this Christmas season of 2005 to get to those things." A Legacy of Courage   

My friend Colleen Murray and I go back a long ways. I met her in 1975 when we were both teaching at the Catholic grammar school in Croton. I taught there for two years – math and science to grades 5 thru 8. The second year I was there, she was named principal. I left…

Here’s a link to one chart and a four paragraph blurb BuzzCharts: Jerry Bowyer on the Laffer Curve and the Tax Cuts of 2003 on NRO Financial showing how "supply side economics" works. Cut taxes, the private economy grows, and that spurs additional tax revenues. What could be simpler?

NY Times foreign correspondent John F. Burns has won two Pullitzer Prizes, and he is a great reporter and writer. (In 1986 the Chinese claimed he was a spy, and expelled him.) Here’s his column in the Times today:Freedom From Fear Lifts Sunnis in Iraqi Election – New York Times

This is a a riot. Kennedy writes an op ed in the NYT explaining why he’s against wind turbine farms at sea where they could be seen from Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Martha’s Vineyard.  An Ill Wind Off Cape Cod – New York Times An environmentalist, just Not In My Back Yard.