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Ten Common-Sense Rules for Web Designers: A Manifesto

Okay, so “manifesto” may be a bit hyperbolic. Anyway, here are ten lessons I’ve discovered the hard way.

Hypocrisy on Parade

Future historians will invariably speak of the American Left’s near-universal opposition to our invasion to eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. But how will they reconcile these remarks?

The Tao of Beer

A little parable about beer has been making its way around the internet via email circulation for a few years, but a fresh copy came my way recently just when I needed to explain to my sons why welfare states don’t work.

Did voters understand 2006 Open Space referendum?

Going into this election, we knew that some voters would say No to any tax increase, but vetoing this program was “penny-wise and pound-foolish.”

Their levees, our levees (redux)

We’ve all seen that clever photo essay comparing New Orleans’ earthen and concrete levee construction to technological marvels of engineering in “enlightened” Europe. Are Europeans just smarter?

Spring training?

Spring is in the air, but will there be baseball?