Words Seldom Seen: Dunderhead

Posted on April 1, 2021February 24, 2021 by Simon

Dunderhead Noun: A fool. Example: “Although it was April Fools Day I did not call President Johnson a dunderhead.”... Read More

Cui Bono

Posted on March 13, 2021March 1, 2021 by Simon

Cui Bono Latin for “Who Benefits?” This the question to ask about any proposal. My heuristic is “does it benefit the working poor?” and “does it increase happiness in the... Read More

$2.99 Wrong Price

Posted on March 8, 2021March 1, 2021 by Simon

In a post a month ago I warned that pissing off the Saudi’s and stopping fracking at the same time would be sure to raise oil prices. I predicted that “by January 2022 unless President Bid... Read More

Black History Month

Posted on February 13, 2021February 10, 2021 by Simon

At the time of the beginning of the American Republic no model of a genuinely biracial society existed anywhere in the world, nor had any existed in recorded history. We are doing a slow job of gettin... Read More

WWIT About Impeachment

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Simon

Donald Trump is not a Republican, he is a con man. If I were a Senator I would vote to impeach former President Trump. If I was a Democrat Senator I would vote to impeach because what Trump did is unf... Read More

Altruism and Covid

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Simon

As I understand it the objective of developing vaccines for Covid was to minimize deaths from the virus. Our current policy is not doing that as well as it could. We are vaccinating many people at low... Read More

Close to Home

Posted on January 16, 2021January 13, 2021 by Simon

“The problem with political jokes is they get elected.” Henry Cates VII... Read More

Liars

Posted on January 11, 2021January 8, 2021 by Simon

Liars think everybody lies, cheaters think everybody cheats and thieves think everybody else steals. It is a cliche but President Trump is evidence of the underlying truth of this cliche. He should be... Read More

WWIT About the Election II

Posted on January 2, 2021December 24, 2020 by Simon

Just before the election I predicted that Biden would win in a landslide and that Republicans would be in the political wilderness for a generation. I was right about the winner but completely wrong a... Read More

The Purpose of Business

Posted on December 19, 2020December 15, 2020 by Simon

“There is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, wh... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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