Monthly Archives: April 2012

Five years ago, Congress cut the rates on federal student loans in half. That was a good thing to do. But on July 1st — that’s a little over two months from now — that rate cut expires…That’s basically a … Continue reading →

There’s no hope of Mitt reversing America’s decline.  Still, it’s getting easier and easier to root for him.  First…he’s not John McCain.  Obama would never have become Prez if John hadn’t been terrified of contesting him.  But here’s how Mitt … Continue reading →

You may be tired of this vid, but it always makes me feel better:

I always thought it was “Impossible Mission Farce” but it probably should be “Insatiable Money Filchers”. Oh, and hi! Sorry for the ongoing disappearances.  It’s hard to pretend that anything I write can help anything.  The spreading race riots don’t … Continue reading →

The latest posts and comments on narrative and drama has drawn me back to tvtropes.  I even stayed up (too late) last night working on my first contribution to the cause.  It’s a very minor trope (or two), but will … Continue reading →

Via Insty (via volokh) , saw a proposed People’s Rights Amendment.  It begins, We the people who ordain and establish this Constitution intend the rights protected by this Constitution to be the rights of natural persons. Prof. Reynolds wants to … Continue reading →

Hope you don’t mind rumination about truth and storytelling.  I reference one of my screenplay ideas here, maybe writing this will enthuse me to return. My complaints about Hollywood are pretty esoteric.  Ionizing radiation is a fairly occult field and doesn’t come … Continue reading →