February 25, 2026
If businesses do have to give back tariffs to consumers, how much do you want to bet that they’ll hear from people offering to be Tariff Consultants or some such thing?
You know: “We’ll take care of figuring out how much you owe and guide you on how to distribute the refunds—for a small fee.”
I hope nobody falls for it.
March 8, 2026
I was watching a WWII movie this morning, made in 1942, and the martial music kept blaring out. Although for years we were told that listening to loud rock music damaged people’s hearing in the 1960’s,
I concluded that the reason people listened to loud music in the 1960’s was that their hearing was damaged when they were kids, in the 1940’s movie theaters.
March 15, 2026
When the pastor was giving the biography of Katharina von Bora (see the previous post), he also said that her husband, Martin Luther, revolutionized society as well as religion. He (Luther) said that a man should not be ashamed of changing diapers or hanging them on the laundry line outside. That was almost scandalous at a time when men had no role in housework or child-rearing. I had no idea Luther had said that; it made me feel quite warmly toward him.
It’s especially odd, since the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod still treats women as second-class religious and home-life citizens. Maybe they need a refresher.
