http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/ Thoughts by a writer and Christian en-us 2012-07-17T02:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1342491186.shtml I once was asked, how can you be conservative. I explained it not in philosophical terms, but practical ones. There are always lots of good things governments can do. There are... Bill 2012-07-17T02:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1341882477.shtml Ten years ago, the Catholic sex abuse crisis broke out. Three years later, I joined the Catholic Church. The second Easter, as I was rushing to Easter service at the cathedral... Bill 2012-07-10T01:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1341854635.shtml Some general thoughts on November's election, in no particular order:... Bill 2012-07-09T17:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1341281583.shtml That's the key issue here. What does the Obamacare ruling specifically mean to us as individuals? That is, what will I have to pay? How will this work? Like auto insurance?... Bill 2012-07-03T02:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1341269927.shtml OK, so there's this little German four-year-old sitting at my table at the wedding. There was also an empty seat at the table. So I think, OK, I'll leave an empty... Bill 2012-07-02T22:07+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1340907913.shtml The Supreme Court handed down its decision on Obamacare. For all intents and purposes, it is a complete leftist victory. Conservatives, even moderate center-left folks, have been defeated. It's pretty much... Bill 2012-06-28T18:06+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1340861687.shtml I've been trying to work out in my mind a model of mind. I never found Id, Superego and Ego and other Freudian models to be helpful.... Bill 2012-06-28T05:06+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1340080748.shtml Having moved my share of other people's stuff in the past two years, and during my (brief) period of unemployment, I began to think about stuff.... Bill 2012-06-19T04:06+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1339549548.shtml Drones. Utah's giant storage repository.... Bill 2012-06-13T01:06+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1339514528.shtml Note: I'm probably gonna get some pushback on this post, so I'd like to add a disclaimer. I am aware that when the Democrats are in charge, the GOP flips out.... Bill 2012-06-12T15:06+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1338186397.shtml 1. There's a certain sort of blogger who's a believer and who argues with atheists. There are a lot of atheist commenters who argue with believers. I haven't done that. A... Bill 2012-05-28T06:05+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1337090275.shtml Charles Krauthammer on drones.... Bill 2012-05-15T13:05+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1337033694.shtml In my scholarly leisure time, I found myself trying to figure out this puzzle.... Bill 2012-05-14T22:05+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1336674455.shtml What to make of this? It was linked by Instapundit, and I think wrongly.... Bill 2012-05-10T18:05+00:00 http://industrialblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1336595772.shtml I'm going to expand on the last entry.... Bill 2012-05-09T20:05+00:00