Zippy Slogans and Ponderous Details
It is as non-productive to attack surface arguments from a deep perspective as it is to defend deep positions against bumper slogans which don't acknowledge…
Author: Robert Hamill
Political Mandate
The Republicans used their mandate as a trump card. The Democrats threw theirs into the discard pile.
Deficits and Balanced Budgets
No business budgets its year without considering the effect on its net worth.
Harrison Bergeron
Vonnegut's dystopia results from enforcing equality of results rather than equality of opportunity.
Monte Carlo with $100,000 in the Stock Market
A Monte Carlo simulation shows that after 10 years, $100,000 in the stock market could be as little as $51,000 or as much as $500,000.
Limits of Perfection
The pursuit of perfection is fine in the abstract, but let me describe one significant implementation problem that should not be overlooked.
Paul Ryan Rhetorical Skill
I was very impressed with Ryan's rhetorical skills and corresponding disappointed in that of his interviewer.
Exxon Profit Per Gallon
Exxon averages $0.85 profit per gallon! Almost one-third of the pump price.
Creative Writing Class
I spent forty hours developing a web site for my project. The regular college students looked aghast. That was more time than they could devote…
Exorbitant Privilege
‘Exorbitant Privilege’ is about the benefit to the US of the dollar of being a reserve currency as well as the current problems and possibilities…