The super-rich, the 1% of the 1%, those that can afford to finance superPacs Send their children to private schools Live in gated communities Avoid the constraints of HMOs, Medicare, and Medicaid They see no personal benefit from public services, so their taxes should be cut. They are against any public policy that requires...
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Sunday Morning Coming Down
It’s funny how things get remembered and forgotten. When I hear Johnny Cash singing “Sunday Morning Coming Down”, it takes me back to one wet, chilly Sunday morning in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In the Year 2525
The cicadas last appeared in 2004 and return every 17 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in 1986 and returns every 76 years. In what year must man be alive to hear the cicadas and see...
Limits of Working Memory – Book Notes
Working Memory is limited - 7 items plus or minus 2. It can be extended by training. Requires mental exercise that strains
Goodbye Charlie
The floating red bar reminded him of long ago, of the altar railing, which regular people weren’t allowed beyond. Charlie set his hands on the red bar, but pulled...
War Powers Act
A law that is ignored by presidents, unenforced by Congress, and left fallow by the Supreme Court