People need to quit confusing entrepreneurs with investors. Entrepreneurs want to build a business. Investors want to build a fortune.

It just occurred to me that Dan Zanes' song "Linger for a While" is just a city version of the Idyllic Country Life trope from country music. Yep.

Why make real policies when you can get re-elected with knee-jerk reactions?

One advantage of state control over federal: no more one stop shopping for lobbyists

It's a lot easier to lie with words than it is to lie with actions.

I wonder if people in blue states get as excited as folks in red states do about an 8% off sale. Because that's what a tax holiday really is.

Ha! I figured out something about the random file name generator at work: it's 16 bit; 0-9 and then a-f. Woot!

If you want a nation that is well-educated, then you need to make sure that that nation values education (on a level that's higher than merely monetary).