In an ongoing controversy, the City of Columbia, SC, is being sued for misappropriation of water and sewer revenues. The accusation is that diversion of…
Month: July 2016
Be careful with the following sentence about the original intent of our founders. It is the longest I have ever written. I’m dividing it up…
I think we should ban the word, “affordable,” because it is subjective and meaningless without context. What is affordable to one person is not affordable…
Trade Talk (7/7/2010; Updated 7/5/2016)
Posted in Trade
I have a feeling that trade policy is going to be a major topic of discussion between now and November 2016. This is a reposting,…
I’ve been a little worried about what a second term for President Obama might look like but feel better now that I know that Jerry Springer…
Here is a key point to keep in mind: Labor supply and labor demand are separate and independent variables. When the demand exceeds the supply,…
Two or three weeks ago I saw on Facebook one of those irritating little “Quotes in a Box” attributed to USA President Calvin Coolidge. I…
Reduced Deficits = Increased Debt
Posted in Deficits, and National Debt
The simple truth expressed in the title equation is lost in the shuffle of the posturing under way in Washington DC, in particular President Obama’s…
Dr. Oscar Livingstone Simpson, contemporary of my parents, practiced medicine in East Tennessee, mostly Maryville, from the 1950’s to the 1990’s, and he wrote a book…