As one of the millions of witnesses to our economy’s collapse, I have been watching with great interest what is happening with the bailouts. The one I am referencing here is the original 800 billion that our government handed out (on the peoples behalf, because it is our money and our government) to various financial institutions including banks and insurance...

Another day gone and a new president in the White House.  Despite all of the people out there praising or criticizing our new president he is in office and no one died to get him there.  This is one of the most amazing things to me about the way our system of government works.  For all of the things I think can and should change about our country, this is a...

It is amazing how some of the most stressful problems in life, when thought about from a different angle, can also be some of the most wonderful.  This holiday season has presented  a couple such  problems to my wife and I. This will be our third Christmas as a married couple and the third Christmas that we have had decisions to make about where we will spend...

“Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.” - Kurt Vonnegut Think with me for a moment.  Before the television there was radio.  Before the radio there was the newspaper.  Before that how were we told what to think?  Probably the clergy. Recently I have had a large...

Big news today!  Exxon has reported a huge profit numbers for the reporting period.  It is somewhere around 11 billion.  That is a lot of money.  So bring out all of the people who don’t like the big oil companies.  The questions are flying.  “Is this too much?”  Here is another number for you.  That 11 billion is only an 8.47% profit...

The Earth is warming, isn’t it? Our carbon emissions are causing this warming, right?  As much as some would want us to think that there is a consensus on this topic there is not.  More and more we see dissenters rise up only to be labeled and dismissed.  There is no room for debate when that is exactly what should be happening.  I am no scientist so I do...