Forgive the USA Today link, but this piece — yet another article addressing how poorly America, if not Americans, are being received beyond our borders — had a quote that I relished. In Ugly sentiments sting American tourists, Vince Vaughn recounts an encounter he had with some girls in England. They flirted with him until he told [...]

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During the (long) drive home yesterday, I was listening as usual to Marketplace on Hawaii Public Radio. During the show, former Maine Governor Angus King called in with his regular report from the road (he and his family are touring around in a RV), this time from “Big Bend Country” in soutwestern Texas. He kicked [...]

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Check out the new review of the Dixie Grill Bar-B-Que & Crab Shack by my beautiful wife. She’s qualified, and is turning out to be a more reliable writer to boot. Hey, at least something on this site got updated…

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An important lesson to any student… beyond the fundamental, “plagiarism is bad.” And that is, “if you are going to plagiarize, try not to steal from an author who published the original work online.” Methinks Princeton grad Ung Lee is in a wee bit of trouble. The school has already pulled Lee’s recycled version of [...]

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