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Elias James Wilkinson

Monday, February 1st, 2010

On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Laura and I were blessed with a second wonderful son.  Elias James Wilkinson was born with a weight of 8lb 10oz, and was 21 3/4 inches in length. Laura and her best friend Joyce both entered the hospital on Friday. The next day, Joyce gave birth to a beautiful baby [...]

Ethan’s Halloween horse ride

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Ethan …. pantless!

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Boy number 2 is on the way!

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

So for those of you who aren’t yet aware, Laura and I are due to have another son in January!  Laura’s dad arranged an ultrasound for us at his work on August 21, and the images we saw were incredible.  Visually experiencing the development of my son inside the womb was one of the great [...]

Financial Crisis Myths

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Over a month ago Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke said that we should be really scared because credit was going to completely and immediately dry up, making it impossible for thousands of small businesses to get loans and make payrolls.  They also claimed that the commercial paper market was in major trouble. Just recently the [...]

Astonishing Photos

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

I found some great photos of the sun at The Boston Globe.  Catch a few of the great pictures courtesy of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO (ESA & NASA).

The Consolidation of Power

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Karl Marx, on page 243 of his infamous book The Communist Manifesto, states that the “proletariat will use its supremacy to wrest, by degrees, all capital from the bourgeoisie, to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the State.” He then states that “the following will be pretty generally applicable: Abolition of property [...]

What Is Not Seen

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

When the government proposes to fix our economic woes by intervening in credit markets, A little perspective on what is not seen is in order from Frederic Bastiat, who wrote the the essay What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen over 150 yeas ago. A few choice paragraphs follow: However, the credit organizations would [...]

One From One Leaves Two

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

In light of the looming socialism our country faces as a result of politicians ‘fixing’ our financial crisis, I thought I would post one of my favorite poems: One From One Leaves Two – By Ogden Nash Higgledy piggledy, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen. Gentlemen come every day To count what my [...]

Ethan and Chloe

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

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