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So violent video games DO lead to aggression in children

Luckily, it’s easy to combat this effect with a simple technique called “Parenting”.

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Romania 20 Years After

Communist totalitarianism’s scars run deep. Michael Totten writes a great article. The photo of the gigantic carbuncle of a parliament building is one of the better visual representations of collectivist statist architecture. Go read. “Communism changed our mentality,” said Daniel … Continue reading

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How far the Shining City of American Steel has fallen

And a stark reminder as to why it is so important to fight for gun rights.

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She Shined

…like a superstar. Kaya did great under the knife and is in recovery mode. Very relieved that she survived the surgery; now we just await the biopsy results. In the meantime, we’re celebrating. Kaya’s got herself some nice Tramodol, so … Continue reading

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The Swedish Welfare State

The history of it, what works (and why), what doesn’t (and why).  Gives you a real good feel for why such a system could never work on a national scale in this country (a state might be able to pull … Continue reading

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Wow.

h/t: BoingBoing Yes I’m an attorney. No, I am not your attorney, and nothing in this post constitutes legal advice or opinion.

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Tron 3D

My wife drug me along last night to Alice in Wonderland in 3D IMAX. My review of that is: great acting and visuals (being 3D IMAX) but the story was pretty blah. Let’s just say that the funny moments weren’t … Continue reading

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I should watch more tennis

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Education, or just really expensive job training with some fancy perks?

Two perspectives. Ordinary Gentlemen Front Porch Republic As as Engineer, I have a degree of specialization (idiocy), but I did take advantage of the University and take non-Engineering electives beyond the 5 required ones (and I actually got funny looks … Continue reading

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Mitch Daniels for President?

He’s getting lots of buzz from the not-sold-on-Romney folks. If he’s as gun-friendly as I assume, he’d have the Indiana wing of the gunblogosphere doing free publicity. Since that’s a big chunk of the gunblogosphere, I think, that’s somewhat significant. … Continue reading

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