Tom clean-shaven

Tom clean-shaven
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And lo, here I am mere minutes later. Which do you prefer? Feel free to vote on this over at CrowdRules.

Tom with the beard

Tom with the beard
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This is me with the beard (okay, the goatee).

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Inside Castro's Prisons | TIME

Inside Castro's Prisons | TIME - looks like Castro has a higher percentage of his population in prison than the wicked Americans do. Will the Left notice?

Give Us DDT - WSJ.com

Give Us DDT - WSJ.com "Give us DDT" is another overdue indictment of overzealous Green-ism.

Management bibles are not gospel - Yahoo! News

Management bibles are not gospel - Yahoo! News - voices skepticism about such business books as "Good to Great" and "In Search of Excellence." Good, cautious advice for the wise manager.

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation: Honor the Victims of Communism and Those Who Love Liberty

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation: Honor the Victims of Communism and Those Who Love Liberty - looks like a good source of information on the evils of Communism. Never forget.

Korean Shipbuilders Take Novel Construction Tack - WSJ.com

Korean Shipbuilders Take Novel Construction Tack - WSJ.com - great story of innovation - subscription required.

The Little Engine That Could - WSJ.com

The Little Engine That Could - WSJ.com - subscription required - an article touting the supposed economic benefits of TODs, Transit Oriented Developments. I'm marking it for now but hope to come back and critique it closely.

Extremes don't help debate

Bless the Tribune for picking up this slightly revised version (Extremes don't help debate) of an earlier column written for the Forest Grove News Times, a part of the same media family.

I have to thank John Schrag, the F-G News Times' publisher, for encouraging me to write.