I try to avoid getting too political on this blog, although this month with my tributes to President Reagan’s 100th birthday it might not seem that way. Politics inevitably invades all human endeavors. It starts when we are young—watch groups of elementary kids closely and the pecking order soon becomes apparent. Some of us are […]
Drive By Truckers: Go Go Boots
[v=kvJ-lWOZMYg] Roots rock band Drive-By Truckers drops their new album Go-Go Boots next week (release 14.2.11 U.K.; 2/15/11 U.S.) just in time for Valentine’s Day. They have posted a series of videos on Youtube ahead of the event. As usual, it looks like the Truckers have put together an uplifting selection of affirmational material from […]
Live from Mountain Stage
[v=khsmZbaj0xQ] I have enjoyed the Mountain Stage radio show for a long time, but it’s not broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio. The Mountain Stage Podcast has come to the rescue, featuring an expanded version (sometimes close to 3 hours a week) of the radio show delivered direct to iTunes. The artists vary a bit—recent artists […]
Fixing the Future, Today
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy—also affectionately known as the Lincoln Land Institute—is a Cambridge, Mass, think tank active in “issues involving the use, regulation, and taxation of land.” Their material tends to be a bit esoteric (i.e. “We explore the effects of land value taxation and the practical, administrative, and political issues raised by […]
Wind Energy Looking Up For 2011
Press Release U.S. wind energy industry finishes 2010 with half the installations of 2009, activity up in 2011, now cost-competitive with natural gas Industry weathers latest boom-bust cycle as utilities move to lock in more wind power at favorable long-term rates Washington, D.C. – America’s wind industry built 5,115 megawatts of wind power last year, […]
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[v=hpPt7xGx4Xo] A couple years ago, I wrote about President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address. Next month is the 100th anniversary of Regan’s birth, and today is the 30th anniversary of his first inaugural. I think it’s a good day to revisit those thoughts. To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet […]
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Learning from Chicken Little
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That History of Britain documentary
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