The next to last installment. Information age issues – truth, privacy, and foreign intrusion. The internet and social media are having fundamental effects on all aspects of society. Its presence…
Here is the next installment. Environment and climate change. The US EPA employs 14,000 people and has a budget of $8.5 Billion (about 0.2% of federal expenditures). State environmental agencies…
Herein are the next 3 parts of the continuing discussion. Economic inequities, poverty, and taxes. There are about 18 Million millionaires in the US and the top 1% of wealth-holders…
This post and the next few will deal with 10 of the most pressing issues facing our nation, one or a few at a time to make it more digestible.…
Simpler Tax, Balanced Budget. Can we fix our byzantine tax code and the national deficit? Many states already have balanced budget requirements, why can’t the Feds? Maybe debt is good…
Two of our most important and vulnerable needs are educating our children and obtaining healing comfort when we are sick. Yet we pay our teachers and nurses a barely livable…
Is the college dream still what it was cracked up to be? How many young people go to college, get bogged down in debt, and never really use their college…
The NRA funded over $2 Million last year for high school shooting clubs. There are more guns in America than people. US gun violence is 50 times that of the…
A recent trip to Europe revealed a US left behind. Cranes rose everywhere, infrastructure gleamed, everything was clean, people were energetic, public transportation was effective, and space was used smartly. …
Washington’s current focus on “the wall” is a painstaking example of how partisan- (and presidential ego-) politics blinds our government to the reality of our country’s needs. Urgency is not…