“It is, indeed, amazing to contemplate so vast a vacuity.” H.L. Mencken H. L. Mencken was a man of staggering genius who brilliantly opined on the foibles and follies…
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[This is from an unpublished work, Bonfire of the Inanities, which was written in response to the BLM craziness that erupted after the death of George Floyd.] It is painful, evident…
Abandoned by this God. Perhaps, not by the next. Ten… The ship squatted like a large inert crab in the launch area. Inside were stowed the seed corn, one thousand carefully…
This was an interesting calculation I did for my niece Netty in 2009 (updated December 2024). Thank goodness the deflation hawks don’t know about this. Deflation in prices is not…
(a chapter from the unpublished The Economic Philosophy of a Non-Economist) “Every good or service is subsidized by its history. Therefore, the total cost of a good or service is…
[This is from an unpublished work, Bonfire of the Inanities, which was written in response to the BLM craziness that erupted after the death of George Floyd.] “Those decrying racism are…
“The gods sometimes are slow in their work. They’re on a different clock than us mortals.” Bit O’Luck Lounge. Figures a mick would toss in the big O and apostrophe,…
I’m not the first person to say, “In my next life, I’m coming back as a cat.” Here are pictures of my two best friends, Gunner and Whiskey. Gunner was…
[This is from an unpublished work, Bonfire of the Inanities, which was written in response to the BLM craziness that erupted after the death of George Floyd.] Our society is…