I was going to compare the Lustron Enamel-baked steel houses of 1948 to Solyndra this morning. Or maybe the Chevy Volt. All of them come from the miracle of central planning, which is how a command economy works, or doesn’t, as the case may be. Central Planning takes policy and applies it to consumer demand. […]

First day of December- damn! How did this happen? It is chill here in Arlington, though not the kind of cold that penetrates the bones in the fresh breeze off the Big Lake and the Bay. A trip to Harbor Springs has always been one of the things on the list to do when I […]

Thanks for bearing with me- the tale of The Parental Project in Michigan is painful both in the telling and the listening. I am pleased to be back in my own bed, a place of splendid comfort (albeit solitary) and hanging out with Elizabeth-with-an-S and Old Jim and John-with-an-H at Willow. One of my confederates […]

As far as I know, Belgium did not melt down on Monday, but according to the last I heard from my financial sources in Stockholm, this crisis is spreading beyond the banks in Europe, and will soon wash over us, too. The New York Times says this morning that “all kinds of companies are feeling […]

I like the National Public Radio station that supports Central and Northern Michigan, and of course the Algoma district of Ontario. With so much diversity to support, the Program Manager takes an eclectic approach to what the station broadcasts. It is more than a little like Armed Forces Radio and Television- something for everyone. The […]

Kick-off was schedule for shortly after noon, an old-school time for an old-school rivalry. I did not know how I was going to pull it off- be with Big Mama enough to make her happy and be still be able to watch the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes. It has been seven long record-breaking years that […]

Thanksgiving at Torch Lake was a pleasant experience, and on the whole, I think this trip was a success. Now all I have to do is disentangle myself. Of course, there was that minor flap when I stayed at lunchtime at The Bluffs to feed Raven at The Bluffs and Mom lost track of the […]

The Stores opened at Midnight over at the big-box mall south of town. This is apparently intended to enable the unemployed and under-resourced to pile up more consumer debt. According to NPR this morning, it is apparently one of the better Black Fridays in recent memory. I love this system! I knew something like this […]

I didn’t feel like a complete Turkey yesterday. I did manage to accomplish something. The 1959 Rambler is off the property. Terry and his Jerr-Dan tow truck showed up in the driveway just a few minutes after nine- close enough for government work. He wore a neon knot cap over sandy hair and had warm […]

Day Two started before dawn- the darkness lingers this far west in the Eastern Time Zone- and the bright lights from the new fixtures in the kitchen illuminated the pad of paper with The List on it. I worked through it as National Public Radio from Central Michigan University burbled in the background on the […]