After all these years, too few people look at history. Even recent history. With 2,000 years of human history, does anyone believe we are likely to face a problem that has never occurred before?

Emails recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show how political influence and lobbyists are shaping Obama administration policy and public relations. This time it is all about green jobs.

You saw it here first, or at least very early on; "The economy is frozen like a deer in the headlights". More and more pundits and commentators are realizing that this is the real problem.

The introduction to chapter five of Will Durant's "Greatest Minds & Ideas of All Time". See post for the audio file.

This three minute clip is from Kenneth Clark's PBS Series Civilisation. It is the introduction to episode 9 of 13. At about 2:31, he references the US founding fathers which gave him the title to this episode.

Can plants get an STD? Well they sure aren't monogamous. Geraniums seem to be a pretty hearty lot.

One thing is certain. Headlines, if not the reporting are very biased. With the same logic one could have used this headline - "Did marijuana abuse lead to shooting?" Far too much ideology shows up in news reporting these days.

(See Gas Buddy and check the Gas Price Heat Map).

It just keeps getting worse (CBO Report). The CBO uses static analysis. This means it uses all laws in effect at the time they do the analysis. It also means they do not look at, or attempt to adjust for, non-law effects like public confidence or what would be called market psychology.

After you watch this, you can see why she makes the Democrats, especially the left fringe, apoplectic.