“Experience has shown that moderate tariffs are more productive than high ones.” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography by Ron Chernow Photo is of Yosemite Valley in th...Read More
“And God created the Organization and gave it dominion over man.” Genesis 1, 30A, Subparagraph VIII Good luck to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their fight to reign in the Federal Bureau...Read More
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a well written book about how our actions have changed since we were hunter gatherers and the effects of those changes on our happiness and well being. It was r...Read More
“Be careful out there.” Sergeant Phil Esterhaus in Hill Street Blues According to The Hall of Flame website. My recommendation: Check that there is a working fire extinguisher in the kitch...Read More
“Energy is the master resource.” Steve McBride, The Rational Optimist Society Every week the Rational Optimist Society shares some good news about human progress. It is worth a read at lea...Read More
How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson One thing leads to another. This is an excellent book for people who enjoy learning the history of technology. For example time zones were not necessary until we ha...Read More
“The only thing more unsavory than U.S. intervention, it turns out, is U.S. nonintervention.” Max Boot in The Savage Wars of Peace A big horn sheep in the Grand Canyon....Read More
There was a recent article in USA Today about writing postcards. According to the article in 1951 more than 4 billion postcards were sent. Now it is down to 400 million. Writing postcards is still one...Read More
A lot of people see voting as a window into your soul. I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with people who think that if you don’t vote for Trump, you are endorsing everything the v...Read More