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Mandate Madness
My grandparents and parents experienced two great wars, an economic depression, and several tragic global pandemics. No wonder, they treated their children like children. Something about enduring calamitous ordeals, toughens the strong or destroys the weak. My parents were among … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Politics, The Constitution
Tagged Dysfunctional Government, lock downs, mandates, mask mandate, Media Bias, Politics, vaccination passports
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Energy Madness
An important goal of any government should be to ensure sufficient energy for human flourishing that is inexpensive, reliable, safe, and secure. Without energy we cannot eat, we cannot move, we cannot stay warm or cool, and we cannot protect … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Energy, Politics
Tagged blackouts, carbon dioxide, Carbon Pollutants, Climate Change, Dysfunctional Government, energy shortage, eternal problem, existential threat, global warming, green energy, nuclear energy, Politics, Power Outage, renewable energy, Science, solar energy, Texas, unreliable energy, Wind Energy, wind turbines
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An Imaginary Impeachment Trial
For most of my formal education, finding the square root of a negative number was deemed impossible and even prohibited. Then the math geniuses pulled a fast one. You see, it was only prohibited in the real number system. There … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Politics, The Constitution
Tagged Dysfunctional Government, House of Representative, Impeachment, Politics, President, Senate
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Ridiculous Assumption: Tragic Consequences
How can one ridiculous assumption lead to millions of irrational decisions. It happened! It’s still happening! I’m talking about a pandemic, specifically, the global response to a seriously infectious virus known as SARS-CoV-2. It causes a disease called COVID-19 or … Continue reading
Posted in health, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Asymptomatic Spread, China, Covid-19, CV19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, SARS-CoV-2, Schools, Science, Wuhan
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You Can’t Fix Stupid – California!
My wife and I have this running commentary about stupidity. She often says, “You can’t fix stupid.” I say you can, but I admit that sometimes stupid gets fixed through Darwinian evolution, or stupid gets replaced by other stupid. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Closed Schools: Be Careful What You Wish For
The late Harvard Biologist, Stephen J. Gould, Ph.D., was known for his theory of punctuated evolution, the idea that significant changes occur following significant events rather than gradually and somewhat uniformly over time. Highly respected best-selling British author, Matt Ridley, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Closed Schools, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Open Schools, Politics, School Choice, Schools
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How Do We Decide About Schools?
Should we open our schools this fall? That is the question thousands of school boards and fifty state governments face as we struggle to return to normalcy. The question begs different answers in different communities and in each state. I … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Media, Politics
Tagged CDC, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dysfunctional Government, Education, epidemic, Media Bias, pandemic, viruses
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The Belt Order (S)
They have gone too far this time. The county commission just ordered the wearing of belts at all times when in the public spaces. There is a sizable fine of $101 for the first offense. Repeat violations may be fined … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID19, Dysfunctional Government, Masks, Politics, Science
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Unintended Consequences
Today, the world is trying to comprehend why a commercial pilot would intentionally fly an airplane into the side of a mountain. Undoubtedly, there will be suggestions for preventing such tragedies in the future. Ironically, it appears this horrific occurrence at … Continue reading
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