http://www.edcottrell.com musings of a conservative Texas attorney-to-be on law, faith, politics, technology, and life Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:58:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, it's not a political one. It's this: who comes along after trash has been collected on trash day, opens a neighbor's trash can, and deposits two unsealed bags of foul, stinking, rain-drenched trash? Who does that? William's right; I am beseiged by idiocy. http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/10/07/question-of-the-day/ Not Everyone Should Own a Home. Amen. What the Australians, the Europeans, and those who actually have to make their living in banking all get is that many, many people lack the means and others the responsibility to own their own homes. What was lacking in the run-up to the ... http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/10/07/not-everyone-should-own-a-home/ Mona Charen has a fantastic and fascinating take on Michelle Obama’s Fearful Vision on National Review Online. Read all the way to the end; it's a great demonstration of one of the ways this country so often rises above those who would destroy it. http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/10/07/two-americas-or-two-visions-of-america/ Well, it has been a while since I posted. The craziness of starting work, recovering from a hurricane, and otherwise getting on with life tends to get in the way of informing the world about one's activities. I have a million thoughts about the election, politics, human nature, and other topics. ... http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/10/05/busy-busy-bees/ The power is finally back on! It only took 11.5 days, but we have lights, A/C, cable, internet access... In short, we have our home back, and it is good. http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/24/power/ As I said in my last entry, we survived Hurricane Ike just fine. In fact, we don't seem to have suffered any damage except for the power outage and a front door that no longer opens due to swelling (the wind blew water right at the door all night, and ... http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/23/post-ike-update/ Just a quick update that we are alive and well, but still (as of last night, anyway) waiting for the power to come back on. It went out a couple minutes after my last live-blog post. More to follow soon. http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/17/alive-and-well/ To all who are checking this site out for Hurricane Ike info, I'll be live-blogging the storm. My wife and I live in The Heights neighborhood of Houston (map here). That's quite a distance from Galveston and the coast, but right in the path of this monster. I plan to ... http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/12/hurricane-ike-live-blog/ Joe Holland has posted an altogether excellent review of The Shack (hat tip: Tim Challies). Meanwhile, my blog has attracted a couple comments on the topic. Granted, there are not too many comments, but they contain themes worth a little discussion. First, there is this comment (unedited) by Ray Stone: I browsed ... http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/12/more-thoughts-on-the-shack/ I sure hope so. America's dependency on foreign oil will be much more easily reduced if we're not fighting off a cartel. Three cheers for the Saudis and capitalism. Source: The death of OPEC. http://www.edcottrell.com/2008/09/12/the-death-of-opec/