On George Will's silly denim column

I love GW; he was my only lifeline on ABC throughout the 80s but his column is just nuts.

Lileks blasts the silly thing here.

For the record--I don't think I saw my dad in jeans until he was in his 70s. He never,ever wore shorts even here in Texas unless one counts bathing togs at the beach or lake. I don't think he even owned a pair of shorts. He mowed the lawn in khakis.

To Will's point I do concur a bit. Growing up and taking the train from Dallas to OK City to visit the relatives in the 60s, my brother and I may not have worn suits but we were dressed up. Likewise on SW Air in the70s.

My stodgy GW side does hate it when I board a plane and am surrounded by shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops.

Shame on The Superior Gold Group

The radio is filled with ads from various gold groups hawking their wares in light of this economy. I've got no truck with folks trying to make a buck but shame on The Superior Gold Group. Their ads are full of Great Depression alarms--failing banks, terrible stock market, etc....

I suspect the ads are specifically targeted at the old, infirm and poorly-read.

I own gold as a small percentage of my sad portfolio but would never buy from these guys.

Neibuhr

I like this so much, I'm preserving it:

If we should perish, the ruthlessness of the foe would only be the secondary cause of the disaster. The primary cause would be that the strength of a giant nation was directed by eyes too blind to see all the hazards of the struggle; and the blindness would be induced not by some accident of nature or history but by hatred and vainglory.