I Don't Get It

It doesn't particularly bother me or anything.  I just don't understand it.  Why does it matter to a professional athlete which team he retires from.  Why does it mean something to come back to a city and sign a phony contract so you can say "I retired as a ___________."

I especially don't get doing it when you haven't played in several years.  Again, it doesn't particularly bother me.  I just don't understand it.

Seven Years Later, Kordell Retires as a Steeler

It's Always About Him, Part 2

President Obama may yet apologize for his statement about "Polish death camps".  The reason it's taking so long, though, is that he simply cannot admit that he's ever been wrong about anything.  The president simply is incapable of believing that he could possibly be less than perfect.

Being Barack Obama means never having to say you're sorry.  Because after all, if you're Barack Obama, what could you possibly have to be sorry about?

Poland Not Satisfied with White House "Regret" over "Death Camp" Comment

It's Always About Him

President Obama had a meeting with some Jewish leaders.  He could've talked about the contributions Judaism has made to culture.  He could've talked about the historic relationship between Israel and the United States.  He could've talked about all the things he's done as president to strengthen that relationship (granted, that would've been tough, but I'm sure he could've thought of something).  Instead, he chose to talk about--himself.

Has this man ever given a speech in which he didn't make it about himself?

Obama...Stressed He Probably Knows About Judaism More Than Any Other President

It's His Own Fault

The only one who can make a president irrelevant is the president.  After all, he's the president.  He has all kinds of people and power at his disposal.  The only way he can become irrelevant is if he refuses to deal with the problems facing the country in a serious way.

Obama's 'to do' List Finds Few Takers

Incentives and Subsidies

The first is good, the second not so much.  The first makes you more efficient, the second makes you less so.  You see, as long as someone else, especially a someone else with a seemingly unlimited supply of money, is willing to pay your bills for you, you have no incentive to save or make money.  You can just do whatever you feel like doing, without worrying about whether it actually makes sense.  When you have to pay the bills yourself, you have to figure out a way to make money, or you'll go out of business.

Without subsidies, the so-called green energy industry will figure out a way to be more efficient and make money.  Or it won't.  In which case it will be an idea whose time has not yet come, if it ever does.

Spain Ejects Clean Power Industry with Europe Precedent: Energy

This Makes Me Nervous

I'm a Minnesota Twins fan.  I really hope they get a good player in the draft this year.  The thing is, when you try to hard to hit a home run, you can end up striking out.  A lot.

Twins' Scouting Director Johnson Swinging for the Fences

One Quibble With This Article

The college-for-all crusade has not "outlived its usefulness".  It never had any usefulness to begin with.

It was never a good idea to try to get everyone to go to college.  Some people don't belong in college.  Some people prefer to do things for which they don't need college.  And some people simply have no desire to go.

That's fine.  We're all different.  We all have the right to make our choices, and we all have to live with the consequences of them.  Trying to get everyone into college just because someone else thinks they should go was always a dumb idea.

It's Time to Drop the College-for-All Crusade