In 1st grade of elementary school, reading teacher did not like that I read silently and made me read in front of class. He was shocked to hear from parents that I had read dozens of children's books that month.

In high school, AP Physics teacher took the whole class period doing a problem on the board. She looked at the answer key as the class concluded. "Hmm, that's wrong. Whoops." I transferred to regular Physics.

Unknown unknowns, eh? Could be.

There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don’t know

- Donald Rumsfeld

http://www.ecodigerati.com/content/articles/?page_id=42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPe1OiKQuk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns

Thanks for the tip.

Will have to check him out.

Podcast feed is here:

• itunes link
• http://www.miltrosenberg.com/feed/podcast

Since we are railing against taxes...

Food and gasoline should be exempt from sales taxes.

And I mean ALL food not just fresh fruits and vegetables.

If I can eat it or drink it there should be no tax on it.

This would include fast food and restaurants.

Haven't seen all of it, but it has some great quotes.

Politician's Logic: Something must be done! This is something, therefore we must do it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vidzkYnaf6Y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician's_syllogism

http://www.jonathanlynn.com/tv/yes_minister_series/yes_minister_episode_quotes.htm

Thanks for the tip on 30 rock. Will give it at least 8 episodes.

Still making my way through Breaking Bad trying to catch up before current season airs, at which point I will purchase through Amazon Instant Video.

Never made it through 24 season 3, so that is still on my list.

Never made it through The Office Season 6, so I can catch up on that.

Sites I use to check up on streaming video are:

• instantwatcher: new / expiring
• http://thenowhereman.com/netflix/
• http://www.tvandmoviesnow.com/

As far as movies, if you haven't seen it, check out Shall We Dance from Japan.

Mel Gibson's film version of Joe Galloway's book, We Were Soldiers is worth a watch.

B+ action flick Equilibrium seems to have escaped many people's notice.

Thai action star Tony Jaa's best movie Ong Bak is there. Athleticism.

If you like superheroes and are okay with animation check out Batman Under the Red Hood, Planet Hulk, and Hulk Vs. May be too violent for some children.

Netflix streaming ("Instant Watch") lacks a lot of the content I want, but it still has more than I can watch.

Wow! I haven't been considering a master's degree because of the $60,000+ price tag, but for $7,000, I am seriously looking into this.

I was previously aware of both Udacity and Georgia Tech, with relatively favorable reputations for them both affixed in my mind.

Browsing their web site now...

Sorry I don't have more time to respond.

A few thoughts.

It is relatively easy to do evil on a large scale, but hard to do good on large scale. - paraphrased from Dennis Prager

One is obligated to do good in one's sphere of influence. One is not obligated to stop living life in the service of righting the world's injustices. - paraphrase of Thoreau

There really is too much evil in the world to pay attention to it all. - paraphase of Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

To synthesize, I support those who donate, even if they donate at less than full capacity. I am dubious of the power of the government in general, and the current administration in particular (see Libya, Egypt) to be a force for good abroad.

mmpadre your link looks right, but it links to the wrong spot.

try this one.

http://ricochet.com/member-feed/Akio-It-is-finished

Fake John Galt: Comment #16

Ah, yes. Directed panspermia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_panspermia

(h/t Donald Todd. I like your quoting style.)

Great question.

The encroaching state has caused civil society to atrophy over the years.

I don't imagine charities being able to fill the capacity overnight if the state finally recedes a bit.

Interesting point.

Reminds me of Prop 8 supporters who were harassed.

That may be different though since the perpetrators were private citizens as well, and thus (theoretically) subject to legal prosecution.

On the other hand, it's certainly a hassle to fight fools in court.

Every dealing I have had with the legal system has encouraged me to avoid such dealings in the future.

As a fan of Paul Ryan and Peter Robinson, I can't wait.

Downloading now.

Also looking forward to hearing from Ben Domenech, whose accolades I have forgotten despite retaining his Transom web site in my bookmarks.

Interesting.

Some googling turned up that standard of journalistic excellence, Cracked magazine.

If you have better sources you can cite, please share them.

Digging into the cracked article, I find:

30% statistic
Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
By John D'Emilio
University of Chicago Press, 1988
ISBN: 0226142647

...which cites...

Kathleen Verduin
Our Cursed Natures: Sexuality and the Puritan Conscience
New England Quarterly 56
June 1983
pp. 228-29Mary Latham

volume 38B
pp. 39, 42a
1645?
Massachussetts Archives
http://???

related:
journal of social history
THE CONSENTING SPINSTER IN A PEASANT SOCIETY: ASPECTS OF PREMARITAL SEX IN "PURITAN" SOMERSET 1645-1660

Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America. 1 (2006), Volume 1
Francis J. Bremer
ISBN 1576076784

http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=psc_working_papers
via
http://repository.upenn.edu/psc_working_papers/8/

I have much older parents than standard, so am a proponent of young marriage.

One statistic I came across somewhere is that the marriage age of men has not increased. Typically men establish themselves and marry younger women.

What has changed is that women are also marrying later, which doesn't always work when men their age go looking for younger women.

Good point. Had to think about that one a bit.

Anti-SSM Socons say "don't change the way things are."

Anti-Welfare Libertarians says "change the way things are."

Changing the status quo has inertia that must be overcome.

While both positions are principled, it's easier ("more practical") to side with inertia and defend the status quo.

The battle against welfare has been on the losing side for a while.

The SSM battle is still being fought.