http://harrisonlives.com Railing Against the Setting Sun Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:31:47 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=47 Some people’s thinking on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is downright scary.  War, itself, is unsettling enough as it is, but when you add in the thinking Mr. Happy has displayed and been persuaded by over the last seven-plus years, it’s scarier still.  Yesterday’s talking head Sunday offerings brought that to a new level, [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/06/23/mr-happys-scary-war-thinking/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/27/u-s-port-security-and-the-honor-system/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/27/u-s-port-security-and-the-honor-system/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 16:40:16 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=36 Last week one the Harrison columns offered figures concerning the Massachusetts share of the Iraq War costs to date, some $3.9 billion in fiscal year 2007, and for purposes of comparison illustrated uses to which that money otherwise could have been put.  An ongoing counter was added to the right side bar of this site [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/27/u-s-port-security-and-the-honor-system/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 13:52:14 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=34 The price of a gallon of regular gasoline has hit $4 at a couple of local stations in my whereabouts, Massachusetts, and Memorial Day is almost upon us. We’re in a part of the state that relies upon tourist dollars, but with their SUVs now running $80+ to fill, those tourists barely will afford fried [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/05/20/talking-heads-who-really-know-politics/feed/ 0