Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

Our Recent Essays Behind the Front Page

Much Sorry with Delays
Birth, Death and All That Stuff in Between
How to Honor Labor Day, Every Day
My Yom Kippur Miracle (Repost from 2010)
Good intro to fly casting
Peach update, with pie
NYC update
Easy for you to say: To the elites on mass immigration
For NYC on 9/11, Sailors' Snug Harbor
Pickled Peaches
Water Shoes
Labor Costs in U.S.
Your "identity"
Good news about The Great Courses
Uses of Hot Pepper Jelly/Sauce, Chutneys, and Jams
A Saturday Drive to Litchfield County, CT
How to Pick a Kayak
Civilized: Fruit forks and knives
Loads of kayaking on Cape Cod
Psychology Experiments' Questionable Results

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Saturday, July 2. 2022

Ringo Starr's bio

At Wiki


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Friday, July 1. 2022

What precisely is the expert knowledge necessary to grasp that the judiciary has nothing to do with public opinion?


The 4th of July weekend is a good time to remind everybody about the genius of the US Constitution. This founding document (1787) is a work of genius, especially insofar as it took into account human nature. 


Declaring independence from Britain was a bold move (Thank you, France, for your help), but the cornerstone is the Constitution. 


 What precisely is the expert knowledge necessary to grasp that the judiciary has nothing to do with public opinion? 


I enjoy it when the Supremes return power to the people. 


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Why?

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Sunday, June 19. 2022

Backbeat


I read this piece on Paul McCartney's 80th birthday.  I did not know that he was an innovative bass player. Was he?


Anyway, once again I tried to understand backbeat:



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Friday, June 17. 2022

Via American Digest


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Thursday, June 16. 2022

Boat

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Phones

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Sunday, June 12. 2022

Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston)

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Saturday, June 11. 2022

Excessive zoning

When I was little, we had a candy shop three blocks away. It had newspapers, magazines, cigars and cigarettes, coffee, a soda jerk behind the counter, and two well-used benches outside. 


 The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America:



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Thursday, June 9. 2022

In the Cockpit of "Top Gun: Maverick

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Wednesday, June 8. 2022

J.P. Sears considers the abortion subject

Not humor, for once. I tend to agree with him. If you do not want a kid, use your brain.



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Monday, June 6. 2022

A fun rant

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Tuesday, May 31. 2022

Survey: Do any of our readers smoke weed or use edibles?


As everybody knows, things with THC in them are gradually becoming legalized in the US. THC is a popular recreational chemical (organic and natural, too), and many use it for insomnia. Legally or illegally, anybody can obtain it.


In my view, its best use is for music appreciation. Beer does not have that benefit. I do not advocate being a chronic stoner any more than I advocate alcohol abuse - it does not work well in life and both are dangerous for vulnerable people.  






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Sunday, May 29. 2022

The casino business

American casino development has hit its saturation point.


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Saturday, May 28. 2022

Watch for a return of the ignominious Disinformation Governance Board

George Will


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Saturday, May 21. 2022

Wolves

Song from 2007. I heard it on the excellent finance film Margin Call (viewable on Amazon for $4.)



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Thursday, May 19. 2022

Fables

Via Instapundit:


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You know you want one

A Miele cordless vacuum cleaner



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Wednesday, May 18. 2022

Yankee Stadium


The wonderful "new" Yankee Stadium (2009) was built next door to the original stadium. 


The original ball field remains in place (in foreground), and is still used all the time: Heritage Field. 

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Saturday, May 14. 2022

Money for Ukraine

Greenwald: The Bizarre, Unanimous Dem Support for the $40b War Package to Raytheon and CIA: "For Ukraine"
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Friday, May 13. 2022

Fired

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Tuesday, May 10. 2022

The FBI knew that all the claims of Trump-Russia collusion had proven to be fake.

They just wanted to hide their spying.


And if it damaged Trump, so much the better. Why wasn't that criminal? Lies upon lies.


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Monday, May 9. 2022

How Lefty-radical is the Biden Administration?

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Friday, April 29. 2022

Disinformation Governance Board.

"A totalitarian Ministry of Truth by any other name would still stink to high heaven."  


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Friday, April 22. 2022

Earth Day


Powerline: It's Earth Day Again


 'Big Engines Starting Up' Is Pure Internal-Combustion Joy. Famous YouTube video never fails to satisfy.

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