Today is Leap Day, and since I started writing in the first week of March in 2008 it’s the first Leap Day for Weakonomics. I’m not sure how I want to treat today but since Leap Day itself is quite fascinating let’s try learning more about it. Most everyone knows from elementary school that Leap [...]

Insert popular news reference, mention all winter holidays, take a shot at consumerism, and remind everyone what holidays are all about without actually telling them.  Merry Happy Something.

Veteran’s Day has been unfortunately hijacked by retailers and bargain shoppers.  Its original intent was to celebrate the end of WWI (Armistice Day), the bloodiest war of all time.  I’m sure the original intent was to honor vets while at the same time reminding this country, and the world, how truly awful war is. It [...]

So have we ever phased out a federal holiday? If conservatives ever control DC again we might lose Labor Day. What would you replace or get rid of?

Today our nation celebrates our 235th birthday.  Though we could have many birthdays, we tend to go with the day on our Declaration of Independence.  Other potential days are July 2nd, when we voted to declare independence, and later in August which was when  everyone had probably finally signed it. What people commonly forget is [...]

Here in the US, today is a federal holiday. We honor those that have fallen fighting for our freedom. The US has participated in many wars and conflicts. Many of those wars were to protect our borders or our freedoms. Those that have fallen to protect our freedoms and our borders sacrificed their lives so [...]

Today is a busy day for me so I’m going to give you the explanation for the coming rapture on Saturday.  This is not to be critical of the idea, but instead just let you know the justification.  Criticism may come later.  From Wikipedia: According to Harold Camping, the number five equals “atonement”, the number [...]

Sorry, got nothing this morning.  Have to go back home and had to leave in a hurry thanks to the most annoying neighbors in the world.