Robert Hamill, Author at Burning Thoughts

Do you worry about unintended consequences of Trump’s single-thread solutions?

Robert Hamill 4 Nov 20204 Nov 2020Leave a comment

Update 2015 political thoughts Trump has three main threads as I see it. He stresses different aspects at different times, always emphasizing that his skill, rather that details, that will overcome obstacles that doubters pose.…

Economic Policy

Russia, Oil Prices, and the Ruble

Robert Hamill 6 Apr 202031 Jul 20201 Comment

2020 Oil Price Collapse Oil price declined from $60 to $20 in 1Q2020Meanwhile, rubles to buy a dollar increased from 60 to 80 Previous Analysis There's been a dramatic drop in oil prices as well…

My Fiction

Sometimes Something Happens

Robert Hamill 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2020Leave a comment

Sometimes something happens and you just think, isn't that interesting? Something like that happened to me at work. A woman, whom I like, a coworker in the information department, found out she has cancer. I…

Overall Principles

Positive Principles

Robert Hamill 30 Mar 201822 Oct 2020Leave a comment

One problem with political discourse these days is that Democratic are defined in terms of opposing Republican positions. From that position, they start as disagreements which mask their positive virtues. Although there exists the 2016…

Politics

Why Concern Over Targeted Ads?

Robert Hamill 27 Mar 20186 Jul 20201 Comment

The concern about targeted ads, is not because they are targeted, but that presented slanted views and outright lies which can't be tracked and countered. They can propagate unchallenged in social media with. Advertising affects…

Reading Writing Craft

Reading Appreciation Class

Robert Hamill 26 Mar 201826 Oct 2018Leave a comment

Last week I finished a discussion class, focused on the best American short stories of 2017 . In addition to enjoying the stories, I was looking to learn more about what readers wanted from the…

Politics

Frequency of Messages – Impact

Robert Hamill 21 Mar 20183 Jul 20204 Comments

Unbalanced information makes for flawed logic Advertising works on the basic principle that continued exposure to the same message will make that message occur again more easily in the future. For example, Coke ads connect…

Government

Flash Mob and the Social Contract

Robert Hamill 2 Nov 201722 Oct 20204 Comments

Perhaps you saw the recent news: NJ Family Visiting Baltimore Haunted By Random Teen Attack At Inner Harbor It’s the heart of Baltimore’s tourism industry, but the Inner Harbor turned into a nightmare for a…

Robert Hamill 14 Oct 201626 Oct 2018Leave a comment

As a person interested in issues, sometimes I get a passion for a developing idea yet am unsure whether to express it as an essay or a story. Sometimes I write a critical essay, other…

Daily Life Science

Complicated Thought

Robert Hamill 14 Sep 201611 Aug 2020Leave a comment

It surprised me to realize that there is a second way in which thoughts can be complicated. Complicated thoughts being those that require intense concentration to understand. Many Inputs to Function The typical way that…

Burning Thoughts

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