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Over the past couple of months, I have taken a few short vacations including missing days, even weekdays, of blogging, something which has been nearly unheard of on these pages since I started this blog in 2004. In the past, on the rare occasion that I… more »

On rare occasion, my wife and I get some kid-free time, long enough to take a short trip somewhere. So it was for the past several days with her parents in from Australia, watching the kids at our home, while we drove down to Santa Fe and a nice, relaxi… more »

One of the best known libertarians in media, John Stossel, will be speaking at a conference on business ethics and regulation. The conference is sponsored by Colorado Christian University, and some complimentary tickets are still available. Othere inte… more »

How can I not buy some tickets in the MegaMillions lottery for the drawing this Friday? This game is in 42 states plus the District of Columbia. (It is not in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming, so if you are in one… more »

I have a confession to make. Please don't tell child protective services after reading the following. For some reason, my 4-year old son is obsessed with zombies. There's a plastic figure of a zombie crawling out of the ground which he always wants to… more »

There is a lot to talk about today, including Rush Limbaugh's Saturday apology, tomorrow's Super Tuesday contests, especially Ohio, and today's meeting between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu. But instead, I ask you to take a moment, read one of th… more »

The Leadership Program of the Rockies Annual Retreat, which I'll be attending for the 7th year in a row at the end of February, is always one of the highlights of my year. Overflowing with lovers of liberty, and packed full of some of the most interesti… more »

About 2 feet of snow since 6 PM last night, and it's supposed to snow hard for the rest of the day and into the night. Already at the top estimate of the National Weather Service's winter storm warning estimate for snowfall and the storm is only half do… more »

My mother, a retired physician and US Navy Rear Admiral, is something of an animal welfare activist and has written a letter to a local newspaper (in Maryland) on the subject of using chimpanzees for medical research. I have to say I've been unconvinced… more »

Happy New Year to all my friends and readers. I expect 2012 will be one of the most interesting years in a long time, perhaps interesting in the sense of the well-known Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times." One thing is for sure: We'll ha… more »