On The Road Again

"Nothing is inevitable until it happens."

   - A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990), English historian

I'm going to be out of town until the end of this week thus won't be posting until I return next Thursday or Friday. While I'm away I offer links to several pieces I've enjoyed reading in the recent past:

An American Enterprise interview with Thomas Sowell, noted economist and syndicated columnist.

A Forbes magazine Food and Wine feature about vodka. Interesting from the standpoint of discovering the real difference between the pricey brands such as Grey Goose and Belvedere and the less expensive brands like Smirnoff and Monopolowa.

Orson Scott Card of science fiction fame shares an essay titled "Mud-Covered Presidents" in which he discusses men like Lincoln, Madison, Franklin D. Roosevelt in the same breath as George W. Bush. 

Have you ever heard of something called "talking sticks?" Seems to me that we could find a use for them on many of the shows we're watching where the winner is the person who manages to monopolize the discussion even if what he's saying makes no sense whatsoever.

Patti Davis of Newsweek gives us "The Price of an Opinion." Having your say without being attacked for it is becoming more and more difficult these days no matter what side of the political aisle you find yourself on.

Want to know a little more about the Fair Tax Plan? Neal Boortz gives us the skinny, from his perspective of course, about how this proposed legislation would affect all of us when and if it's enacted.

Speaking of taxes, here's a Detroit News story by Donald Luskin on how the Bush tax cuts have impacted the various income groups across the country.

Finally, Esquire's Tom Junod gives us The Case for George W. Bush, i.e., what if he's right?

All of you take good care of yourselves and each other while I'm gone. See you again at the end of this week.

Ron