I was disturbed by the enthusiastic applause, at the Reagan Library Republican debate, of the Texas death penalty and executions resulting from it. It was…
The Irreversible Penalty (10/2/2011)
Posted in Crime
Author: skepticalobserver
(Originally Posted 2/13/2014) TQM, Total Quality Management, was a 1980’s, 1990’s buzzword that, as all buzzwords eventually do, has pretty much vanished from the language…
Zero Marginal Tax Rate in China?
Posted in Taxes
(First Published 8/17/2011) I have enjoyed a number of history, theology, Bible, literature, music, and economics courses offered by The Teaching Company over the past…
Flat Annual Fee for the Super Rich?
Posted in Taxes
(Originally published 12/2/2012) We are in serious need of another hurricane threat or sex scandal or other news-dominating event to get the media folks to…
Global Warming Considerations
Posted in Climate
(Originally Published 9/16/2009) Thank God for global warming! Without it, we would be still locked in an ice age and the famous “finger lakes” of…
First Published August 16, 2009 – Well, we now know this recommendation was not adopted and that same-sex marriage was legalized. But this is what…
(Originally Published 9/27/2012) In a September 19, 2012, WSJ article, Geoffrey A. Fowler reported that more billionaires are signing on to the idea, promoted by Bill Gates and…
Paying for Marriage, A Welfare Idea (Originally Published 9/25/2009) The phrase, “You get what you pay for,” is usually used to justify a seemingly high…
Shrunken (Now Vanished) Kodak and its Southern Offspring (Originally Published 8/21/2010) In 1972 I was employed (since 1965) by the third largest company in the…