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“That’s her. She’s the one.” Scott pointed to a picture of a girl named Rhonda in the freshman facebook. Before there was Facebook, every college had a freshman facebook. It was the last day of orientation, 1974. Scott was a … Continue reading →

The Constitution of the United States specifies that the President be selected by electors, not by popular vote. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism, by Matthew Yglesias, Vox.com Warren wants to create an Office of United States Corporations inside the Department of Commerce and require any corporation with revenue over $1 billion — only a few … Continue reading →

BRUSSELS (AKC) – Dog owners worldwide expressed outrage over the surprise victory of Flynn, a Bichon Frise, as Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Tuesday night. Indeed, Belgian Malinois owners seemed to take the news the hardest. In … Continue reading →

The Friday before Election Day 1972, the Nixon campaign scheduled a last-minute whistle stop rally in a huge hangar at the Tulsa airport. It was my junior year; school let out early, so I hitched a ride home (I thought). … Continue reading →

[Note: I made a comment on a blog thread at Perry Marshall’s website, www.cosmicfingerprints.com. Perry is the author of Evolution 2.0: Breaking the Deadlock Between Darwin and Design. He invited me to expand on my remarks relative to oil & gas exploration as applied … Continue reading →

An illustration from my profession, petroleum engineering, might shed some light on the Electoral College, and what the founders were trying to accomplish when they designed it. So please indulge me. Don’t sweat the details. I promise I’ll keep it … Continue reading →

Oil and gas can only be discovered with a drill bit, and credit for the discovery goes to the entrepreneurs who risked private capital to make it happen. The USGS hasn’t “discovered” sh*t. They compiled data from industry sources and … Continue reading →

Candidates and issues, naturally, follow the money. It was my unscientific opinion throughout the Obama Administration that their politicians and policy were to the left of 85% of the electorate, and as we will see the results of the November … Continue reading →

We focus too much on the personality of the candidates. The office of the President of the United States is bigger than one person. The election of Hillary Clinton would mean the empowerment of a clique nearly 40 years in … Continue reading →