Cabarrus Cheap Seats

How Monopoly Helped Allied POWs Escape in WWII (this is freakin’ awesome)

Why you’re a loser

If you’re not reaching the kind of success you imagine in the areas that area important to you, one or more of the following things might well be true of you, too

If you’re not a loser, could you survive a major disaster?

Because we live in this golden age of relative ease, we worry about things our ancestors never did such as eating too much, not getting enough exercise, and the ultimate “getting things done” system. These everyday concerns distract us from thinking about and preparing for possible disasters. Now, large disasters don’t happen that frequently, but when they do, they usually arrive without warning and often serve up a devastating blow. So the question is: Are you and your family prepared to survive if disaster strikes?

The Care Bear Stare and policy making

…people seem to believe that, if their idealistic vision is all that is good and decent, then it shouldn’t matter if their proposed solutions are doomed to failure. It’s just hard for politicians to sell pessimism as a policy approach.

If the world elected our president, would they use the electoral system?

…citizens of China overwhelmingly support Dennis Kucinich. Iran voters like Rudy. Obama has a small plurality with the French. And the glorious nation of Kazakhstan has make benefit for…you guessed it…Ron Paul

Why Ken Starr was the Democrat’s fault (a little 90s nostalgia since we’re considering another Clinton for President in a few weeks)

There is one sense in which the president deserves what has happened to him: He and his political allies are the people who made it possible, who created the legal mechanisms by which his private life became a matter of public, legal record.

Some interesting thoughts on Myers Park Baptist Church.

Myers Park Baptist Church isn’t your typical liberal church, where garden variety liberals go to worship whatever version of God appeals to them. It’s more like a religious subsidiary of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and Myers Park Country Club all rolled into one

More local food?

There are three proposals on the table for strengthening our local food system. They include a small farm incubator. This is a facility to help young people interested in farming overcome two major barriers.

Fellow GOPers: here’s another example why it’s important to keep our own house clean

Morgan’s record-breaking loans with interest to effectively inactive campaign accounts demonstrate the legislature in North Carolina isn’t finished revamping either lawmaker ethics or campaign finance laws

Chore Wars

Chore Wars is an online game that lets you choose a character and complete household chores for “experience points”