Archive for July, 2010

Author Linda Brady Traynham The idea behind the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights was to secure to citizens the blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by way of the sanctity of private property and the least possible foreign government. The same is true of the Constitutions of [...]

Author Tex Norton Yeah, I admit it. I made a mistake. I don’t even have an excuse. I thought I could work within the System and perhaps even make a difference. What a mistake! It all started last Fall on a crisp soon-to-be-Winter day. Neighbors had seen a notice that the Census would be visiting [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham Question: “What does Independence Day mean in 2010?” Answer: “Nothing in particular.” Oh, still barbecues, incredibly expensive fireworks, lots of politicians ducking their constituents, probably a few more deaths along the drug cartel corridor…but…nothing of any significance. My most “patriotic” thought was that in a country where Thomas Jefferson and his [...]

Author James The Wanderer From Wikipedia, “The Peter Principle is the principle that “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.” It was formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1969 book The Peter Principle”. Viewed from this perspective, we now have an explanation for the [...]

Author Tony De Maio (You Fool Me Once…) Leo Durocher once said, “Baseball is a game of percentages.” Leo was wrong. What he SHOULD have said was, “Baseball is a game of probabilities.” Of course, while somewhat correct, that is still insufficient. A correct statement is, “LIFE is a game of probabilities.” Being a professional [...]