That’s right. The discoverer of gravity and (maybe) inventor of calculus was born on Christmas Day in 1642. Soon afterwards England changed its dating system, so after-the-fact Newton was listed as having been born Jan. 4, 1643. Whatever. I’m an old-fashioned, conservative sort of guy, so today is the day I will raise a glass [...]

You might call this the 2008 recession-based political version of the famous song performed by Louis Armstrong. Great stuff! (The video is an example of the simplest and least expensive way to “illustrate” a song. It’s not exactly a music video, but it has more visual interest than a guy singing and playing guitar for [...]

We need to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana. This would make Florida a more attractive place to live for many young, creative people who could help us move the state’s economy from its current dependence on 19th century-style “exploit and ruin the land” businesses to a sustainable, technology-based economy. We would also save billions in [...]

I love this state. We’re number one in so many ways, and would be number one in lots of others (like crappy educational opportunities and the number of residents without health insurance) if it wasn’t for Mississippi and Texas. But I am proud to the point of bursting to learn we are for sure #1 [...]

CNN (CRANK NEWS NETWORK) — A Dayton, Ohio company that once made seat cushions for the automobile industry but recently switched to manufacturing urine-proof liners for birdcages and kitty litter boxes says that, despite large companies all over the U.S. laying off thousands and tens of thousands of workers, it is “in hiring mode.”

I’m one of those Americans sometimes characterized as “center right,” but my “rightness” tends to be more of a libertarian tinge than a desire to control my neighbors’ worship patterns or sexual choices, so I am obviously not “right” in the way some current Republican-right blatherers would like me to be. Whatever. Ideological leanings aside, [...]