Charts And Links

First, the picture, taken from this post:




ETA: Americans are paying the smallest share of their income for taxes since 1958!

Second, links:

1) From Making Light, an interesting history of the USS Chesapeake vs. HMS Shannon, with an unusual science fiction twist.

2) A fifth-grader in our area is working on clean water for India.

3) My sister Jennifer is in the news again, scoring military surplus items to help homeless veterans.