American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Turning 50

I like to be on top of the birthday wishes especially of those I am a fan of, and I am sorry to say I missed the big 5-0 of one of my favorites.
On Monday, January 28th, everyone’s favorite building blocks, Legos turned 50.
Though Ole Kirk Christiansen started his business in 1932 and the company [...]

Can’t hardly wait

I know a guy at WSJ.com (the online part of the Wall Street Journal). He is keenly aware of many absurd stats, like by how many milliseconds the WSJ had posted an article ahead of its competitors.
I just laugh at this mentality, because most readers (and even focused readers like myself) have no interest [...]

Universe

I know I have been slacking recently on my posting duties. Hopefully I will be able to make up for it a bit this week.
Jonathan Harris’s work has made an appearance on AM before. He is the guy who created WeFeelFine.org. Well, little known fact, he also created the Universe.
The Universe takes full advantage of [...]

Depressing way to start off your morning

A video from BlackBoxVoting posted on YouTube. It doesn’t make any claims that voter fraud has occurred in New Hampshire, but it does show the conditions that ballot boxes arrive at the counting center in. Although it is almost 10 minutes long and a bit depressing for anyone with faith in our system it is [...]

Less to love

My “no alcohol/no coffee/no carbs after 2pm/no dinner after 7pm” diet has zapped 12 lbs since Jan 2.
Do you have a book agent? I think I could get my inspirational tale made into a movie.
Well-fed journalist eschews privileged expense-account-driven nightlife to suffer in private so that he can avoid having to buy new [...]

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