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On the year of our Lord, 2008. We put my father and sister on the plane yesterday and on the car ride back to work, I did a lot of thinking. About how much had changed for me and for my family this past year. I had stayed at the

And it finds the S.O. and I still together, on the wrong side of the planet, and wondering what the next year will hold for us. My father is coming here tomorrow for the Christmas holidays-so posting may be spotty. The last three years running the S.O. and I observed

Pat Buchanan-no friend to union labor-makes a great point: Be it BMW, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi or Hyundai, the South has become a sanctuary for foreign assembly plants, for which Southern states have been paying subsidies. Fine. But why this “Let-them-eat-cake!” coldness toward U.S. auto companies? General Motors employs

Forgive the lack of a post last night. Could have blogged-but with the S.O. asleep from the days exertions and the internet in the lobby acting cranky anyway-decided to blow it off to drink a few beers at the International Bar, The Flying Pig, located just around the corner from

Maybe. I’ll have to get back to you on that. I may need a vacation from my vacation………. We got here in one piece 30+ hours after departure. Long story that will have to be told tonight. On the plus side, I can recommend Stiegl beer in Salzberg. Seher gut.

Maybe. I’ll have to get back to you on that. I may need a vacation from my vacation………. We got here in one piece 30+ hours after departure. Long story that will have to be told tonight. On the plus side, I can recommend Stiegl beer in Salzberg. Seher gut.

To Richard for reminding me about Yuna Ito. Turn up your speakers and listen to this as you go about the morning routine today:

If McCain wins the election. Thomas P.M. Barnett, Author of The Pentagon’s New Map has bitten the hand that fed him: Obama’s task is the great unwinding of the Bush debacle, which Bush himself started these past two years, but which is likely to go four more. If Obama spends