My Way News - High court upholds key part of Obama health law

My Way News - High court upholds key part of Obama health law:

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Sandusky is guilty, let's move on to Zimmerman

More views have appeared on the Internet that George Zimmerman acted in self-defence.

My opinion: This is self-defense. Zimmerman was not the aggressor, he did nothing to provoke Trayvon Martin’s beating him, breaking his nose and slamming his head into concrete. He had every right to respond with deadly force to stop Trayvon’s physical attack on him and to prevent Trayvon from getting control of his weapon.

Jerry Sandusky guilty

As expected, the jury found Jerry Sandusky guilty of sex abuse charges.

What your dog tells people about you

What your dog says about you?

Large dogs like Golden Retrievers = trustworthy
Small dogs like Chihuahua = dumb
A man who owns a German shepherd is a "take care of business" type of guy.

Will the Supreme Court rule on Obamacare today?

We could have the Supreme Court Obamacare ruling today.

A Fiscal History Lesson

"Following World War II, government spending cuts led to an incredible economic boom."

When I was in school, I never heard this from any professor. All they talked about was more government spending and how wonderful it was.

What not to say when someone is ill

10 things not to say to someone when they're ill.

Windows 8 tablet will be released soon

Microsoft is planning on a Windows 8 tablet in the near future. I saw a report of this type of computer and it made Windows 8 make sense to me for the first time. No prices revealed yet.
But this makes it clear what Windows 8 was about all along.

UPDATE: Microsoft promotional video.

Rodney King is dead.

Rodney King has died at age 47.

Who does Obama listen to?

Michael Barone: Obama listens to rich liberals at his peril.

Take a nakation

A "nakation" is a respite from clothes and stress.

Amazing Civil War photos

The Civil War in 3-D.

Dramatic change in telecom industry pricing

Verizon will phase  out most existing phone plans and replace them with "Share everything" plans. AT&T will probably join the trend. The ultimate goal is to charge you more money. What else?

See Q&A here. 

Another witness at Sandusky trial

More testimony at the Sandusky trial.

American wealth plummets

Federal Reserve: Americans saw wealth plummet 40 percent from 2007 to 2010.

Jennifer Rubin on Obama and government

Jennifer Rubin on "Obama's love affair with government."

From Windows to Linux

In the past few days I've made a dramatic transition from Windows to Linux. I have been a Windows user since Windows 95, and I liked Windows 7 but it just ran slower and slower until it was finally intolerable. After many tries and extra help, I could not figure out what was wrong. Probably a re-installation would have worked. But I decided to try something else first.

I have always been curious about Linux, so I installed Ubuntu 11.10. It took some getting used to. There were many positive features, but Ubuntu included some features that I could not get used to. I was not happy with the Unity desktop. The absence of a taskbar was irritating.

So I happened to see a mention of Linux Mint in PCWorld of all places, and liked what I read about it on the Internet. The installation went well but with one or two hitches. The first time I ran Mint it would not boot up. After a second installation it did. This has been a problem.

I chose Linux Mint 13 (64 bit) with the Mate desktop. Yes, one reason I like it is that it's a lot like Windows. It has the familiar taskbar. The Menu on the bottom left of the screen corresponds to the Start menu, but of course different. My Word documents work well in LibreWriter, and even my docx documents quickly load, which Ubuntu could not do at all.

I had trouble setting up network printing in Ubuntu, working on it for days. But now that I understand more about how to do it, I had network printing working in Mint right away. 

My curiosity about Linux, however, is not satisfied. I'd like to know more, and I might be willing to try other distributions. But for now I'm happy with Mint.

North Dakota: eliminate property tax?

Today North Dakota will vote on whether to eliminate the property tax. That's my kind of state.

Jerry Sandusky trial

The Jerry Sandusky trial begins in graphic fashion. "I was his girlfriend."

George Will on higher education

George Will on the higher education bubble.

Gov. Daniels on public-sector unions

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: "I think the message is that, first of all, voters are seeing the fundamental unfairness of government becoming its own special interest group, sitting on both sides of the table," he said.

Jeff Jacoby sees the end of public-sector unions.

Detroit is the end-game

"Detroit is what liberalism's end-game looks like."

Judge Judy is at the top of the ratings

Now that Oprah's gone, Judge Judy tops daytime ratings.

Historians on Obama

What do historians really think of President Obama?

Hosts of 'Car Talk' to Retire After 35 Years of Automotive Banter - NYTimes.com

Hosts of 'Car Talk' to Retire After 35 Years of Automotive Banter - NYTimes.com:

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I'll Have Another scratched because of injury

I'll Have Another won't run in the Belmont. Sad news. He probably won't race again.

What the Wisconsin recall really means

Charles Krauthammer on what the election results really means.

Estonia's success story

Estonia is the success story of Europe, and its success is based on austerity.

Walker's recall election is today

Need a summary of the Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin? According to this article, we have had only two other recalls in the past century, but I thought that Huey Long of Louisiana went through a recall attempt. I'll check.

Long was impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives in April 1929, but the Senate blocked the impeachment effort. 

Barone on demographic trends

Michael Barone discusses America's future demographic trends. I've always found migration to be a fascinating subject.

Increase in retirement age

With people living longer, retirement age will have to increase, maybe as high as 80.

The Vietnam napalm girl

The Vietnam napalm girl 40 years later.

How many gay people are there?

How many gay people are actually out there? Not many.