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What “Luck of The Irish?”

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March 17, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This is a time of the year when the phrase “luck of the Irish” is often heard.  What “luck”?  Except for the golden age before 1171 AD, and the “Celtic Tiger” years from 1990 to 2007, I would not wish […]

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Prudes at Dinner, Gluttons in Bed

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March 2, 2010June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Apropos of my post more than a month ago on New Year’s Resolutions (attached to refresh your memory) I just found a column by George Will on a similar theme. It seems to me that the words “sin” and “sinful” […]

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Padding? Or Something Reality?

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February 20, 2010July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

There was a recent discussion in the Wall Street Journal about why a flight from Los Angeles to New York, which takes six hours under ideal conditions, should be scheduled at seven hours.  Some wonder whether this practice is ethical. […]

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BlueKennel Declares It’s First Official Consumer Boycott!

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December 31, 2009June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I had heard about all this before, but this explanation [link to Rohrlich] by Justin Rohrlich on the evils of corn (maize, for non-North Americans) based ethanol as opposed to sugar based ethanol explains not only the situation, but the […]

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A Water Conservation Tip

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December 18, 2009June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

While we’re on water conservation, unofficial San Diego laureate Jason Mraz has some advice for us. Maybe Levi’s saw this, because Details magazine has a Levi”s ad with a guy peeing in a field. I will spare you that picture. […]

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How sweet is life when you live next to a celebrity in Malibu?

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December 11, 2009July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

How sweet is life when you live next to a celebrity in Malibu?  Outside Bob Dylan’s house, the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.  That’s what some of the singer-songwriter’s neighbors are claiming in an increasingly onerous dispute… […]

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Sons of Italy “Assimilate” to Country and Western

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November 18, 2009July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

If the Sons of Italy is doing a country western dance, not tarantellas, why are we so worried about immigration? When I’m in Europe I like to tell them, in hell, the Americans are in charge of health care and […]

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I Do Not Have to, and I Will Not, Choose Between Being “Morally Superior” and Being A “Robber”

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November 18, 2009July 5, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I enjoyed Jonathan Chait’s review of two books about Ayn Rand’s world in a recent New Republic. I have not actually read the books reviewed, but I, and members of my family, have been at various times exposed to and […]

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I don’t see what is more immoral about eating dog than eating pig or anything else. https://t.co/Tw9dfnIDcc

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The Finns are the happiest people because happiness isn’t a goal for them. C S Lewis said something like this. https://t.co/WSUemDlSpA

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The best was the Wiltshire Boulevard compromise of the 1930s, where the stores were right up on the street, with windows - even though most people came and went out the back. They should have made the minimalls do this. https://t.co/O1amzqDQj3

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