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Thoughts on politics, economics, life and creative works from the author including poetry

Saturday, October 31, 2015

The sabotage of the New Deal

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How con artists corrupted the New Deal Part I Continued review of James Galbraith's "The Predator State" At the end of Ch...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Innocence is no reason to stay the noose

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Today was a report in Slate about corrupt crime labs which reminded me that one of the lousiest Supreme Court decisions I've seen in r...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Taxing the right people for the right reasons

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Can Unscrupulous Speculation be Solved with a Tax? The Washington Post printed an article: "Poorer tenants fear being pushed out by pl...
Friday, October 23, 2015

No Sushi for me

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No Sushi for me. It glows in the dark. Cesium makes me sneeze and iodine glows blue.   How can you live, in Japan without Sushi? The...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Inequality and Oligarchy

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James Galbraith's 2008 book "The Predator State" , touches on so much I consider important, I've been writing in installm...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Prophesy

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Who would you rather be? Ahab or Queequeg? King Midas or a Gold Statue? Helen or Cassandra?   We sail this ship together, with a deme...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Hillary and Jeb Bush's Donors are NOT the same

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Hillary and Bush's donors compared An examination of the Top 20 Donors to both Hillary and Jeb shows similarities but mostly differenc...
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A lifelong student of life, politics, economics. Even an advance degree is only an introduction to a lifetime of learning.
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