Many hold that a laissez-faire, free-market economy is by far the best if driven by the self-imposed principal of Enlightened Self-Interest. Obviously, “enlightened” is a…
Author: Grant Wentzel
The silence is deafening! My impish corner of the blogging empire — a little half-moon of qwerty merriment emanating from the central vineyard — has…
Here’s a little tidbit from this month’s Wired: “By 2020, native English speakers will make up only 15 percent of the estimated 2 billion people…
(Thanks to Kingtycoon Mathoslah for the tip.) Whether it left a soft spot or a sore spot, there’s no doubt that anyone who slid through…
Perhaps I’m going about things all wrong. In the last GQ there was an article about the necessities and excesses of the hyper-trendy green movement.…
At least 10 years have gone by since I’ve read a little Waugh. And that, my friend, is simply no good. I’d forgotten more of…
Interesting article in The Other Paper last week focusing on our (Democratic) Governor Ted Strickland’s marksmanship and subsequent high marks from the NRA. Although I’ve…
It always warms my heart to have a little local flava in my national media. Spin brought back the love this month with a pithy…
Finally I’ve found the label for this nonsense I’ve been spinning obsessively for the last few weeks. (Picture the little rat in the cage, tongue…
Like a Big Mac, I’ve been loving it. But I must confess: I’m afeared. I’m quaking in my creative boots. I’m weak in my musical…