chris on June 30th, 2010

Today it didn’t take long for my head to explode. The newspaper did it, below the fold, front page, Oregonian, 6/29/10 a headline reads “High Court extends right to own guns”. The explosion was not caused by the content of the decision. The explosion was caused by the framing of the headline. There’s an old [...]

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chris on June 14th, 2010

Looks like it’s time for a new (to us, i.e. ‘used’) car. The van’s on its last laps. My philosophy is buy a good used car that can be expected to run well for 5-8 years. Then, when it wears out, buy a good used car … So it’s time. In this case I have [...]

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