Suggest-a-Veep Matchup
2016-04-27 – Now that Ted Cruz has announced that Carly Fiorina is his choice for Vice President, I wonder if any other former candidates will follow suit. Anyone willing to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Organized Capital vs. Organized Labor
2016-04-26 – Have you ever given any thought to why the right for workers to organize a union is controversial but the right of investors to form a corporation is […]
Right Without Left Is Like a Magnetic Monopole
2016-04-24 – Yin and yang. People like to talk about how opposite forces are actually complementary to another . . . but not in politics. The noisiest of us like […]
Tubman on the Twenty—Not In Time for Passover
2016-04-21 – Apparently Harriet Tubman will be on the twenty instead of Andrew Jackson. I like that. If I had one of those Tubman twenties today, I’d give it at […]
Why All the Complaint About Taxes—And Nothing Else?
2016-19-2016 – Now that tax day is past, I have to ask you: wasn’t that the worst? What could be worse than paying taxes? Other than your mortgage. Or your […]
Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Fear
2016-04-17 – My wife Kit has a coffee mug with the following saying printed on the side: Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Coffee mug adages […]
If You #FeelTheBern, Do 1 Simple Thing to Bring Political Revolution
2016-04-14 – What is the one thing that makes Bernie Sanders different from Hillary Clinton? Political Revolution. Hillary is the gradualist and Bernie is the revolutionist. But a president doesn’t […]
Dangers of the Embattled Mind
2016-04-12 – How do you feel when you are attacked? Do you put up your dukes? Do you run? Do you do a cost-benefit analysis? Chances are you fight or […]
The Internet of #Dogs
2016-04-10 – Often on a walk, my dog Lefty will start to purposefully sniff the ground. This doesn’t impede the walk until he finds something, presumably, of interest. Then he […]
Finger Picking
My “career” as a guitarist is notable by the fact that I’ve had very few lessons. If you listen to me play, you might say that it shows. I can […]
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