This weekend the Blue Angels are coming to The Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Air Show at Rhode Island’s Quonset State Airport. The air show’s website states: The airshow offers the finest aerial and static dsplays along with activities for people of all ages. We are proud to be celebrating our 23rd anniversary and will be […]
Archives for May 2015
Health Care’s Solyndra
The $27 billion spent on EHR (electronic health records) is money squandered, writes Charles Krauthammer. It has demoralized good physicians and led to patient neglect. I was reminded of this exchange upon receiving my med-school class’s 40th-reunion report and reading some of the entries. In general, my classmates felt fulfilled by family, friends and the […]
Your Guns and Your Car
Debbie and I put in over 4,000 miles a year traveling by car from our official residence in Key West, 90 miles from Cuba, to our summer home Newport, RI. We never hit the road without a full compliment of firepower. First, I do not want to leave behind a stash of guns that could […]
Reaper Tip: Mil or No Mil
The scope you choose for your rifle comes down to personal preference. There really is no right or wrong. One choice you’ll need to make is whether to use an MOA MIL-dot scope or a MIL/MIL one. I like this brief explanation by Reaper Tip at The Loadout Room: One of the most common questions I get asked […]
Food Horror
Animal Factory starts readers off: “While human sewage is treated to kill pathogens, animal waste is not. Hog manure has ten to one hundred times more concentrated pathogens than human waste, yet the law would never permit untreated human waste to be kept in vast ‘lagoons’ or sprayed onto fields, as is the case with […]
The Miracle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The only olive oil worthy of your consideration is extra virgin, but even the extra-virgin label doesn’t necessarily mean the oil is any good, writes Nancy Harmon Jenkins, perhaps the leading American authority on olive oil. In her latest book, Virgin Territory, Ms. Jenkins disputes the myths, half-truths and outright lies about this “good fat […]
Presidential Abuse
President Barack Obama, as well as Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have tortured and abused the Constitution beyond any feasible recognition. Here are the explicit duties of the President, as laid out in Article. II Section. 2. It is hard to believe that Americans have not long ago revolted against such tragic abuse. […]
Hallowed Ground: Cote de Nuits, Burgundy
The Great Domaines of Burgundy leads off by noting that geographically the Cote d’Or is subdivided into some 25 different villages or communes, in effect, small parishes. Those comprising the northerly sector (about 10 miles), from Marsannay to Corgoloin, are collectively known as the Cote de Nuits. Surrounding each village is an area of vineyard, […]
Anticipating Experiencing Considerable Precipitation—RIP William Zinsser
William Zinsser died this month at the age of 92, at home, in his own bed, in his sleep. Does it get much better than that? Mr. Zinsser wrote 19 books. His most famous, On Writing Well, sold a million-and-a half copies, with the 30th anniversary edition issued in 2006. Mr. Zinsser’s clear, concise advice […]
The Crash that Cured Itself
James Grant, in his book The Forgotten Depression—1921: The Crash That Cured Itself, explains the resilience of the free market. During the 1921 economic contraction, the government and the Fed got out of the way, and America was better for it. The Mises Institute writes: James Grant, of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, recently joined us […]
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