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Robert Hamill

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    Bingo Disaster
    Fiction Patapsco Days

    Bingo Disaster

    Robert Hamill 11 Oct 20226 Dec 20242 Comments

    Most of my year at St. Jerome’s grammar school was a pleasure, but Bingo Day in the 6th grade was an exception.

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    Bond Duration, Fed Rate, and Valuation Change
    Economics

    Bond Duration, Fed Rate, and Valuation Change

    Robert Hamill 2 Oct 202228 Sep 20241 Comment

    The rule of thumb vastly overestimated the valuation decline.

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    Shaky Hands
    Tales of Cubicle and Home

    Shaky Hands

    Robert Hamill 1 Oct 20226 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Some things take years to realize.

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    A Person Meets Society
    a_soc Mental Aspects Society & Culture

    A Person Meets Society

    Robert Hamill 16 Sep 202229 Feb 2024Leave a comment

    Culture is the collection of fossilized behavioral solutions of our cultural ancestors that we have adopted. They support the continuation of society.

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    Do Neurons Control Thinking?
    Mental Aspects Neuroscience

    Do Neurons Control Thinking?

    Robert Hamill 31 Aug 202230 Dec 2022Leave a comment

    Neurons are not arbiters of thoughts that arose outside of the brain. Thoughts result from the collective action of neurons.

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    Can we increase our IQ?
    Breaking News Mental Aspects Thought Modes

    Can we increase our IQ?

    Robert Hamill 8 Aug 20221 Feb 20233 Comments

    The core finding is that two years of additional education increased the average IQ by 7.5 points.

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    The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street
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    The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

    Robert Hamill 6 Aug 20222 Apr 20251 Comment

    By empowering consumers and workers first, Bubble Up policies activate the real engine of the economy, fostering both growth and inclusivity.

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    One Brain or Two Hemispheres
    Mental Aspects Thought Modes

    One Brain or Two Hemispheres

    Robert Hamill 24 Jul 20222 Oct 2023Leave a comment

    Our creative interpretations and logical deductions vie for superiority in responding to challenges in our life.

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    Abortion Rights in US Legal System
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    Abortion Rights in US Legal System

    Robert Hamill 10 Jul 202228 Apr 2024Leave a comment

    Should we be independent nations? Some supporting individual decision-making. Others letting the state decide personal matters.

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    Story Tent
    Craft

    Story Tent

    Robert Hamill 9 Jun 202228 Nov 2023Leave a comment

    Before your final draft, before your first draft, consider the story tent and earn your audience’s interest.

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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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      Electricity’s Dark Side: Lessons from the Past

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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)