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Quiet Afternoon

I just got off of Skype with Benjamin a couple of minutes ago after our weekly Saturday video chat. Our chat is every Saturday morning at around 10 am there, which is 4:00 pm here. Ben looked good although he is complaining that he needs a haircut. He claims there are no barber shops in [...]

Catching up with TheOlsonFive!

A not-so-brief update for TheOlsonFive including school, home and travel plans as well as the view from my window.

Oil Price and Solutions

The Huffington Post’s Diane Francis writes an excellent synopsis of the current oil situation and particularly the solution for “rich” countries: Congressional threats to sue OPEC will only make some American lawyers rich, not add supplies in order to push down prices. Removing gasoline taxes, as Hillary and McCain proposed, is simply another foolish “subsidy” [...]