Unca Darrell

OCTOBER 30 / Proposition Three: Give us your money and so as we say

[Quoting Lord Monckton:] So thank you America: You were the beacon of freedom for the world. It is a privilege merely to stand on this soil of freedom while it is still free. But . . .

OCTOBER 29 / More on the no-debate rule on anthropogenic global warming

OVER THE YEARS, global warming alarmists have sought to stifle debate by arguing that there was no debate.

OCTOBER 28 / Garrison in the News

FROM MY hometown newspaper and, by proxy, yours, Garrison in the News, October 1, 2009. Today's edition features Bozy Adams's plan to walk around the world by age 86 and the famous midnight football practice of 1954.

OCTOBER 27 / Samuelson on the government option

THE PROMISE of the public plan is a mirage. It's political brilliance is to use free-market rhetoric (more "choice" and "competition") to expand government power. But why would a plan tied to Medicare control health spending, when Medicare hasn't? . . .

OCTOBER 27 / The weak dollar

PRESIDENT OBAMA is not solely responsible for the weak American dollar, but he's responsibile for continuing the weak-dollar policy of the Bush administration.

OCTOBER 26 / Chronicle circulation tanks again

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE has lost another 64,000 in daily circulation.

OCTOBER 26 / Hot enough for you?

"What happened to global warming?" / This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too [read surprise; so too] might that [read the] fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. . . .

OCTOBER 24 / The Salvation Army of Greater Houston

 

 

YOU ALREADY know about the good works of the Salvation Army of Greater Houston. Today's a good day to cut'em a check to help out. Then hug your kids and your sweetie and do something that's fun.

OCTOBER 23 / The life-expectancy problem

FORBES labels this a specious argument. Is it?

UPDATED: OCTOBER 22 / Houston's pension problem

THE CHRONICLE ran a brilliant op-ed recently on Houston's coming pension tsunami.