As I was returning home from an errand this morning, I met on the road a man driving a utility tractor with a front end loader attachment. We are surrounded by farmland, so this is hardly unusual. I’ll see three quarters of the 2009 John Deere catalog between now and Thanksgiving. What was unusual, however, … Read more
Cartoon character Dora the Explorer is getting a makeover. Though Dora will not be officially unveiled until this fall, Nickelodeon and Mattel have released a silhouette of the update, and it’s not sitting well with some parents. “Girls readily identify with Dora and we knew that girls would love to have their friend Dora grow … Read more
Garry Kasparov wrote a great column on the marginal health of Putin’s iron-fisted regime, and what the Obama administration is doing to help it survive. Apart from a little have-a-beer tug upon arriving home in the evening, the abstinence from alcohol has been easy to live with. Couple it with just the little care I’m … Read more