You Gotta Love It
If you don’t read The Economist you should consider it. It’s a British news magazine that’s been around since 1843, and like all news magazines it has a liberal slant. I like it because it’s good, honest reporting that covers the entire globe. It also has a great business section. Being British, they don’t worry about “political correctness”, (more…)
August 28, 2009
Why Doesn’t Everyone See It?
August 25, 2009
Disenfranchised
Why Bother?
A good friend of mine told me of a political conversation he had with another person, and, when asked, that person admitted that he doesn’t vote. He believes it doesn’t matter since the electoral college decides the outcome. The electoral college only applies to the presidential election, but its impact is important nonetheless, because the result is the loss of a vote. (more…)
August 19, 2009
One For All
Required Reading
Elected officials should be required to take a course in human nature. If they did, they would learn that which you and I already know; people naturally avoid doing difficult things that are not required, unless they see a significant benefit to doing them. Even when the benefit is clear, many still won’t (more…)
August 3, 2009
It’s Time For Something That Works!
Tell Obama I Found The Trillion Dollars He Was Looking For
There was talk about the need for a trillion dollars over the next ten years in savings or additional funding to pass health care legislation. Well, I found it! Do you think if I told them where to look, they’d take my suggestions on health care? No, I don’t think so, either.
The other day, I learned that estimates have been made of the annual (more…)
