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    Famine’s Fury
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    Famine’s Fury

    Robert Hamill 28 Nov 202426 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    Nestled on the coastal shelf where the Baltimore Canyon plunged downward, Nathan Garret's undersea lab stood as a marvel of modern engineering, with innovative scientific…

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    Magical Guardians of the Golden Tree
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    Magical Guardians of the Golden Tree

    Robert Hamill 23 Nov 202428 Apr 20253 Comments

    In a small, hidden village nestled between towering mountains and lush forests, there was a magical tree that glowed with a soft, golden light.

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    Inflation and the Federal Reserve Board
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    Inflation and the Federal Reserve Board

    Robert Hamill 17 Oct 202426 Jan 2025Leave a comment

    A dollar held since 2020, now has the purchasing power of eighty-five cents. 

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    Inflation Measures
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    Inflation Measures

    Robert Hamill 17 Oct 20247 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    CPI inflation reads higher than PCE Core which the Fed uses to guide its reaction to inflation.

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    50 States or 1 Country
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    50 States or 1 Country

    Robert Hamill 6 Oct 202427 Jun 2025Leave a comment

    Do you value 50 states more than 1 country?

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    Writing Assistant
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    Writing Assistant

    Robert Hamill 28 Sep 202428 Nov 20241 Comment

    MicroSoft 365 and Copilot might not make your writing mechanical, but make the most of your talents

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    BaltSea
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    BaltSea

    Robert Hamill 21 Sep 20246 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Join Professor Nathan Garret in a futuristic battle against anti-science vandals and nature's fury. Will his groundbreaking research save humanity, or will the growing divide…

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    Learning Bonds
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    Learning Bonds

    Robert Hamill 26 Aug 202428 Nov 2024Leave a comment

    In 2022, bondholders faced a stark reality: an average loss of 13.7% of their principal.

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    Medical Test Result
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    Medical Test Result

    Robert Hamill 18 Aug 202417 Oct 2024Leave a comment

    When is 95% = 68%?

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    Almost Matches in Thinking
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    Almost Matches in Thinking

    Robert Hamill 27 Jul 202426 May 2025Leave a comment

    Almost matches occur when we compare concepts, ideas, patterns, or phenomena that don’t precisely match.

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    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    How Do We Think

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    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    War Powers Act

    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

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      Morality. Absolute or Relative

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)