The controversy over the Parkland shooter’s life sentence, as opposed to death, should stimulate renewed analysis of whether the death sentence has a place in modern society. Nikolas Cruz’s defense…
Abortion Trigger states poised to ban abortions if Roe is overturned should realize they will become poorer if they do so. Tax revenues will decline as richer, more mobile people…
Many have speculated whether we are alone in the universe. Its vastness makes good odds we are not alone. Some science fiction stories describe a universe filled with life, commerce,…
There is little question of the utility of a carbon tax to incentivize greenhouse gas emission reductions. But this raises three other questions of a more practical nature: Why hasn’t…
Americans have always been ornery about rules, citing constitutional rights for personal freedoms, but today’s level of self-interest and non-cooperation have reached a new high. What has changed? Two big…
A January 2020 blog introduced the problems with US infrastructure. This time, some fundamental explanations of infrastructure would appear useful given the resistance brewing about President Biden’s latest proposal. Two…
The far right keeps saying they will lose their freedoms when the Dems take charge. What freedoms are they concerned about? Is this code for racism – does losing white…
When Niki Haley stared into the camera at the 2020 Republican convention and said, “there is no racism in America,” she sealed her fate as an idiot, a liar, and…
The government’s first $500+ billion Covid paycheck protection program, aimed at small businesses, was terribly abused (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/more-than-half-of-emergency-small-business-funds-went-to-larger-businesses-new-data-show/). More than half the money went to large business, such as restaurant chains,…
Most of us ignore the homeless and most of them are suffering. Covid has made it worse. Half a million people in the US are homeless today. Here are their…