What's 50 Million Among Friends?

By Byron Harvey / February 9, 2010 /

Proving for the umpteenth time that they are hopelessly out of touch, House Democrats voted to spend $50 million to buy up property and make it a national park.  Oh…did I mention where the property was?  In St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, a place accessible only via an expensive airplane ride.  Yep, 10% unemployment, and…

Sorry for Yesterday's Problem

By Byron Harvey / February 5, 2010 /

In the event you logged on yesterday and were directed away from this page to some spam site, my regrets.  Some shred of human debris decided to hack my computer, apparently, whilst I was in a public place, and inserted some nefarious code into some line somewhere that directed folks to various other sites.  Thankfully,…

Sweet Fifteen

By Byron Harvey / February 1, 2010 /

Practically Perfect Daughter turns 15 today. She is such a delight, such a joy, such a ray of sunshine. It’s shocking to me that this little baby girl whom we welcomed to the world such a (seemingly) short time ago is well into her teenage years now. The years fly by ever-faster, it seems; there’s…

Al Gore Must be the Pope

By Byron Harvey / December 21, 2009 /

Michael Crichton makes some excellent points about the idea that contemporary environmentalism isn’t about science so much as it is about religion: Looked at through the eyes of an anthropologist, his views make real sense; environmentalism through that lens has the hallmarks of religion. Perhaps that’s why questioning of some of the predominant viewpoints on…