Rant of the day

SLIPSTREAMING Cycling is all about slipstreaming. Sitting out of the wind in the middle of a bunch of riders is easier than riding at the ...

THE ROYAL WEDDING What is one to make of all that? Well, it certainly showed Britain at its best. The precision timing of the various ar...

RUBBISH SERVICE (2) I borrowed a trailer today to take stuff up to the dump. Notably those big doors that I have taken out from the barn....

GOODS AND SERVICES (2) A month or so ago, I said that I thought that goods had become too cheap, and that services had become too expensi...

THE RESILIENCE OF TREES There is an apple tree outside our back door. The old tree was quite large (you can see the thickness of the old t...

HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA (2) The "Obamacare" healthcare bill, which was signed into law last spring , has already been subject to l...

THE APOSTLES' CREED "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth ..." is the first sentence of the Apos...