UNEARNED SUCCESS is the central theme in his life story. Follow the link.

WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF EXTERNAL ENEMIES an intra-victim war ensues.

ELECTION 2012 IN A NUTSHELL: the individual vs. the collective. We know which side the president is on. Which side are you on? Follow the links.

HEH: Obama -- The Black Man's Burden.

MOVING OFF THE PLANTATION? The NAACP no longer speaks for me.

EAT MORE BLUE BELL ICE CREAM and support 'right-wing attack ads'.

Linked from Instapundit.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BAN BIG GULPS: NYC jobless rate hits ten percent.

SELLING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: This is a long post, but if you're a lead systems engineer responsible for working with customers developing system-level requirements, it's well worth the read. I've found over the years that I've developed pretty much the same ideas, but without giving them any formal thought. My 'methodology', if you will, probably came from my prior teaching career where I used similar techniques (though not as obviously formal) to get students to understand why certain mathematical and engineering tools were important to understand and use.

FEDERAL OBSTACLES hamper battle on wildfire. So what? It's only Nevada.

HARD WORK BE DAMNED: Obama Says It Is Government and Luck. Yeah, right.