Unca Darrell

MARCH 31 / "He is not here: . . .

. . . for he is risen, as he said." (Matthew 28:6a (KJV))

MARCH 29 / "For God so loved . . .

. . . the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16 (KJV)) 

MARCH 23 / Europe does not lack good policies; it lacks . . .

. . . good politics. So says . . .

MARCH 22 / Lookin' for longhorn breeding stock . . .

. . . in eastern Washington state?

Me neither. But for those so inclined, the go-to place is Longhorn T Ranch, creation of my nephew Andrew, niece-in-law Michelle, and younguns Aaris and Trinity.

Andrew inherited his love of soil, plants, and animals from his grandpa John D. Hancock.

They are pictured below on a Belarus tractor on the old farm in Nacogdoches County back in the late 1970s. Andrew looks different now..

MARCH 20 / Samuelson: It's the math, stupid

WE DON'T NEED a charm offensive; we need a candor offensive. The budget debate's central reality is . . .

BUMPED / JANUARY 18 / Lee Cearnal

LEE CEARNAL, a gifted old-school newspaper reporter and editor, died this week. I met him a few years back, enjoyed his company, admired him immensely, and wish . . .

MARCH 18 / The government of Greek Cyprus . . .

. . . is taxing its bank depositors 9.9 percent one time (allegedly). The government of the United States . . .

MARCH 16 / UPDATED: Remember when the left mocked . . .

. . . the Strategic Defense Initiative?

President Reagan announced it on March 23, 1983. Critics quickly derided it as "Star Wars" and said it would never work but would upset the nuclear balance with the Soviets -- the first and only time progressives ever said a kind word for mutual assured destruction.

Now the intellectual and moral heirs of the mockers, President Obama and Defense Secretary Hagel, are . . .

MARCH 13 / Can't we all just get along, part umpteen

THE CHRONICLE attacks the sequester standoff today with a thunderous barrage of marshmallows.

MARCH 12 / The one that got away

MAN, WAS it ever a great Unca D blog post! Too bad you can't see it.  

The Houston Chronicle came out Sunday for a higher federal minimum wage. All of you who are surprised should go stand over there. It's a very short line. 

Anyway, I wrote one of my better essays, if I do say so myself, on the entertainment value of watching leftists -- who fancy themselves as great science fanciers, in contradistinction to the likes of you and me, who are science deniers -- wrestle with . . .