Column: Lincoln’s flaws
I mentioned briefly on Reason yesterday that Abe Lincoln might not have been as great a president as he’s believed to be. I decided to make the topic my column…
Under God Wordle 2
I figured out how to change colors, fonts and styles … I like this one better.
Wordle under God …
Below is a “wordle” of an earlier blog post. Click the image to see it larger … and understand it better. Thanks to Buffalo Pundit for turning me on to…
Worst president ever?
We have a way of romanticizing history. It is, afterall, written by winners, baby. But what happens when you find out that the history you learned for years, reading in…
Reason show notes 072208
I talked Tuesday about the “In God we trust” email I had gotten last night. One caller said the motto had disappeared from our coinage for a while, causing me…
Weekly update …
News, notes and necessities items of interest the week of July 21, 2008 an occasional update from me, Scott Leffler News: I have a short week … and that makes…
From the email …
Okay, I got one of those dreaded forwarded emails this evening that says, “forward if you agree, if not delete.” The text it below. Do you believe that the word…
Reason show notes 072108
Random fact: The company that manufactures the greatest number of women’s dresses each year is Mattel. Barbie‘s got to wear something. Speaking of Barbie, Scott discussed Mattel’s new WNY edition…
Tippi Hedron is … Hitchcock Barbie …
I’m not making this up. The best part is, though, that the story says there is a remake in the works for The Birds, to appear in theaters in 2009.