In Peggy Noonan’s “A Certain Idea of America,” a sentence in an essay on the American Dream caught my attention: “The original sin of America,…
The Regrettable One Drop Rule
Posted in Books, Government, and Race
Permanent Fixes Posts
We owe a lot to our billionaires! I know there is a lot of disrespect and accusations that they aren’t paying their fair share to…
When Nothing Matters, Everything Matters
Posted in Government, Inflation, Management, Politicians, and Responsibility
The Issue A fundamental problem facing the United States of America is that our federal government is irresponsibly spending about ten trillion dollars per year…
Why Donald J. Trump
Posted in Patriotism, and Politics
I wonder what percent of USA citizens would agree that these are sixteen primary reasons Donald J. Trump won a second term as POTUS. Maybe…
Federal Government Power
Posted in Uncategorized
The fundamental issue that divides “conservatives” from “liberals” in the United States is size of the federal government. The pure conservative believes that it should…
Vital Signs Updated
Posted in Economics
Two years ago I posted what I considered Vital Signs for the long term economic health of the US. It focused on total outgo vs.…
Vital Signs
Posted in Economics, Government, and National Debt
Having been facing some medical issues for the past couple of years, I am very familiar with the declaration, “I’m going to check your vitals.”…
The Power of Suggestion
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Tonsillectomies I have clear memories of having my tonsils removed at age 5 or 6 in the 1940’s. It was standard procedure for children at…
Doolittle Memorial Update
Posted in National Defense
This post is a revision and updating of one originally done March 7, 2012, on a former blog. June 28, 2010, I had done a…
Presidential Candidates and Voters
Posted in Politicians, and Politics
Introductory Comment This post is based largely on A Thinking Person’s Candidate published by me in an earlier blog on 1/24/2016, seven years ago. The…